Share Your Christmas Tree

[Deleted member 12723]

Photos of mine coming as soon as I figure out my new camera.:confused:

 

[Tanishq]

Loloma, I want to have dinner in that shopping mall. It must be lovely and perfect place to have dinner. Yum and Fun!

Whitney, I can't wait to see your tree pics. please post them as soon as possible. hehehe :D

Gizmo, if you have much difficulty you can PC me. I can guarantee you I am very much into tech savvy and will find out the manual on internet and will help you to transfer pics from camera to pc. But first I will hope there is someone there near you and willing to help you out. May be you are one question away. :)

Quick Question: Is Christmas religious festival? Only Christians can take part in this? I was just wondering.

 

[Britt.f7]

Is Christmas religious festival? Only Christians can take

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is suppose to be a religious celebration. However, I do believe there are people who celebrate it without believing in Jesus Christ as the son of God. I know my Father-in-law's religion, Unitarian, does not believe that Jesus is the son of God, but he still celebrates Christmas. I asked him why he does one year and he said because he wants to. Of course, not all Christian's celebrate Christmas. I guess it all matters on what your beliefs are.

 

[Britt.f7]

Well my tree was suppose to go up today, but we left it outside last night(planning on bringing it in today) and it rained. Wet tree is not my idea of a good decorating time. Put it in the garage to dry. Hopefully the mice stay out of it! :eek:

 

[Tanishq]

Britt, Thank you for explanation on Christmas. Christ-mas word tells it all. It does sound mostly Christians celebrate this. I have never done it. but I wish my friends. :)

Sorry to hear about your tree and hopefully it will be fine within some hours. Sending you well vibes.

 

[Britt.f7]

Thank you Jaret! That darn nature just gets in the way every time! lol ;)

 

[Venusian]

Quick Question: Is Christmas religious festival? Only Christians can take part in this? I was just wondering.

Hi Jaret, Christmas is a religious holiday for Christians, but so many religions have festivals and ceremonies that happen the same time of the year that commercially, it has become very inclusive. Many places do not use religious symbols in their decorating. Christmas trees are based upon a pre-christian religious symbol that was tolerated because it incorporated elements of a tradition that was ingrained in peoples culture and was modified to fit christianity. Since then most public decorations do not symbolize any specific religion. I hope you enjoy the holidays and continue joining in. I would like to hear some of your traditions if you have any this time of year.

 

[Loveneverfails]

This thread is so lovely, Christmas decorations will go up soon at my house and I can't wait. I'm thinking this year I'll buy a new tree as mine is small and rather Charlie Brown looking:oops: since I didn't enjoy Christmas too much in the past. Kids have a way of fixing that. Their voices singing carols and asking excitedly about Christmas lights and Santa puts it all in a new perspective. I can honestly say now I love Christmas. :)

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Jaret, Christmas was originally a pagan holiday. Then the christians made it their own. I think many non religous people get a tree and do presents. So anyone can take part. I will try to do my pictures later on in the day. Thank you for the offer of help for me. I appreciate it so much.:hug:

 

[Britt.f7]

I think many non religous people get a tree and do presents.

I think you are right about this. Like my FIL. Though it wasn't much talked about while I was growing up, it was always implied that it was Jesus's birthday and santa was seperate from that. Plus that is what the church I was going to at the time, preached. My children were brought up the same way. Still, we've never went to midnight mass or anything like that.

 

[amethist]

I bought the tinsel today and decorated our chimney breast. Looks good now.

 

[Loveneverfails]

For some reason my little girl finds it extremely important to sing to our sad little tree. Was going to replace it, but looks like I'll have to do more car repairs instead. :facepalm: