Paul53 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Just got a pic from a HS friend showing this years Xmas tree. Since last year he had a pine tree shaped air freshener, I really admire that he went all out this year. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 A Charlie Brown tree . 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Somehow this pathetic tree and single ornament, show me more of the Christmas heritage and tradition than many far more expensive and elaborate displays. As odd as it seems, I really like it. I know it is probably for fun, but it has so much more meaning behind it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 I usually do nothing, but he's shaming me into doing..............................I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 My small tree a couple years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 12 hours ago, Dric902 said: Genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Enjoy. The only way a tree appears in this house is if my wife wants the artificial put up. Personally, I am not big on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 We have 5 lit trees, garland on all the balconies, above the doors, wreaths on all the windows, candles on all of the sills, etc. Mrs. C goes all out. It is all classy. Clark W. Griswold may not approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMyers Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 We went from a full size tree to a small tree. The dogs thought the full size tree was a giant chew toy. So, now we have a small tree on top of the piano where it can't be reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 There is that, and if you have a cat, they naturally want to scale it. In our house it is the battle of the sexes. My son and I are not really big on the tree thing, my wife and daughter are. I am uncomfortable based on Jeremiah 10; 10 Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what the Lord says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. 3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. 5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good.” 6 No one is like you, Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. 7 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you. 8 They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols. 9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple— all made by skilled workers. 10 But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath. 11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a] 12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. 13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. 14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them. 15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish. 16 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the people of his inheritance— the Lord Almighty is his name." Now, you can take this as Asherah poles, perhaps the concept of the Christmas Tree. Though my wife argued that no one actually worships the tree. I suggested the Germans do otherwise. O Tannenbaum Lyrics O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine blatter! O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine blatter!… O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine blatter! O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine blatter! Du grunst nicht nur zur sommerzeit, Nein, auch im winter, wenn est schneit. O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine blatter! O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Du kannst mir sehr gefallen! O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Du kannst mir sehr gefallen! Wie oft hat mich zur wiehnachtszeit Ein baum von dir mich hoch erfreut! O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Du kannst mir sehr gefallen! Du grunst nicht nur zur sommerzeit, Nein, auch im winter, wenn est schneit. O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine blatter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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