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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:36 PM Original message |
If a "christmas tree" has nothing to do with religion, why is it called that? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. i see it as a symbol of Peace--its meaning has evolved over time for |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I really like them too, but come from germanic heritage who always had them |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
80. The Germans called them "Tannenbaums" which basically |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Language is odd. What does Wednesday have to do with Odin? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. All of the days of the week |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. So every day is a religious holiday? nt |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
77. Everyday feels like Sunday... eom |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yep. Does that mean it is religious to use those names? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. so why a "christmas" tree? if nothing to do with christmas? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Because that's what it's called |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. The reason we call something (*) is because that's what it's called? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. "Christmas" is just a name. The reason for the season is axial tilt... |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. exactly |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Me too |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
134. Because Christmas is the only major holiday that features a decorated tree as a primary symbol? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
147. Hot Dog |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
72. My Jewish friends have explained this very CLEARLY |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Yes. |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Well,,, |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. what does that have to do with anything except why still call it "christmas" tree? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
86. So we need to take every single person's personal tribal |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #86 |
121. My Jewish friends are not against MY Christmas tree or YOURS |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #121 |
126. And when it comes down to it |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:46 AM Response to Reply #126 |
129. See my post about cultural hegemony on this thread |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Come on now |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #131 |
148. Good point about this recent incident. I noticed that the rabbi has |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #86 |
140. Or at least, the majority goes along with the secular Christmas |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #72 |
90. What about Santa Claus? Mistle toe? Elves? Symbols are subtle... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #90 |
122. Oh, I think they understand symbols very well! |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #122 |
135. Well. I hope they turn that ire into donations to the ACLU. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:59 AM Response to Reply #72 |
115. Then, you explained the tree represents Ancient Germanic folklore... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #72 |
136. Your Jewish friends are bigots |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #136 |
149. Of course they are not bigots. They have nothing against pagans |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #149 |
154. I have never considered that before. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
88. Except Sunday and Monday |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #88 |
132. The sun and the moon |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have a "here kittykitty tree" |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Mine, too!! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. mine too. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
89. I lived with someone once whose dog thought the tree was an indoor hydrant |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #89 |
128. The only time my Cattle Dog saw a Christmas Tree he peed on it |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Supreme Court |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. then why call it a "christmas tree"? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
117. because people put them up at christmas time? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Its a pagan tradition co-opted by xtians |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They have evergreens in the Middle East? I did not know! |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Consider looking at the Lebanese flag. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Cedars of Lebanon |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Thanks for the info...I did not know! I picutured the palm and date |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
150. You're welcome! nt |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. why does this even matter? |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Looks like someone had a thought |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. indeed. wondering about the term as some find offense at "christmas" tree |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. There are some people who are too damn easily Offended |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. because some people get upset over having 1 religion's symbols up |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. try and get a 5 year old to remember that when it sees it |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. 5 yr old pagan? 5 yr old Buddhist? 5 yr old whateverist? |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. because it has become for better or worse |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
97. "christers"? n/t |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #97 |
145. 'christers' are to me those who will use the name |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #145 |
152. I call those fundamentalists. |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. they are the same type of revealed text wacko's |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
118. it's called a christmas tree because people put them up at christmas- |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
125. The vast majority of people in this country |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. I don't get it either.nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
71. trying to replay my train of thought on listening to SeaTac thing |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Or why isn't the decorated tree up all winter long |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I leave my decorations up for over a month. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. ...because "Saturnalia tree" |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Yule is a religious holiday |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. because people put them up at Christmas in order to |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. Just to mess folks up |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. I call it a Christmas tree because that is how |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. Me too. This was what I was raised with, self wondering why I STILL call it that |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. "father christmas"???? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. When was the last time you saw a "holiday tree" or "decorated tree" in spring? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Solstice Saturnalia Hannukha Kwaanza Santa-time Winter-celebration |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. who gives a flying fuck? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I was thinking about words, the power of words |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Jon Stuart had some words... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. It is NOT a religious symbol. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. look up to post #72. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I have also had a number of Jewish friends who have had |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Indeed. No "all" of any group think the same, except maybe |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Ask instead... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Is Santa really St.Nick is the topic of another question. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Also Santa's "traditional" red & white |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
82. Because they've been bad?? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. People started calling it that so the Christians would stop killing them for having it? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. seriously? |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. Christmas is really getting to be a turn off anymore. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. indeed. Make it a decorated tree |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Why name anything if it is not relevant? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. thank you. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
98. And I wish anti-theists |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #98 |
106. Who the hell does that? Sounds like a RW myth. nt |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:02 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Oh that is was. Look around you. n/t |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
105. The Christian nativity story was rooted in a pagan story |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
116. Great satire! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. Because It Is A Christian Tradition And They Have A Right To Call It What They Want. |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Some don't think it is a Christian tradition. See below |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
112. They forgot to add that the trees were brought indoors |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. argh, no one HAS to respond, I am simply asking if anyone wants to discuss this |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. My Apologies For Your Thinking I Was Gearing My Comments Towards You Directly. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Got it, and I agree with post #41 right below this one (now) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #49 |
127. For many Jews, it is having tax money pay for installing and maintaining |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. I find it absolutely hilarious that the fundies are fighting so hard to keep a pagan symbol |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. it has nothing to do with religion to me; just a social thing. From |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. Oh, Tannenbaum... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. Christians popularized |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yeah, but if they put an 8 ft. menorah up, next they'll have to put up an 900 foot Jesus. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
84. Here you go..... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. No... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. OMG a Giant BOB!!! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #95 |
100. He's not giant |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. HE is, we are. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #94 |
123. Awesome! |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. If it is not religious in nature why not just call it |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. Same reason the Easter bunny is called that, I guess. |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Good point |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because it USED to have a relation to religion. Duh. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Why do non-Christians continue to call it that? |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Maybe |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. To have 2 to feed to the dog. Habit indeed. |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #62 |
113. My guess is that it has a meter that has a nice ring to it, |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's wanting to have it both ways. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
79. It's a Christmas tree, and there's nothing wrong with it. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
91. It was co-oped by the Christians |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. "even though there's no evidence that it was on Dec 25" |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:03 AM Response to Reply #96 |
109. save it for the r/t cellar. n/t |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:29 AM Response to Reply #96 |
111. I thought there was some evidence of a historical Jesus even if you don't believe |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
92. It's a Holiday Pinus Glabra! |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
93. people call it a Christmas tree out of habit |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
99. To each their own |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
102. Christmas is both a secular and a christian holiday |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #102 |
103. how about an x-mas tree? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. because the holiday is called christmas |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
107. Because it IS a Christmas Tree |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:05 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Makes too much sense to be implemented, I'm afraid. eom |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #107 |
137. Questioning usage of language is stupidity? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. Controversy for the sake of controversy |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. questioning myself and asking other DUers what they think is what I am trying to do |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. And I told you what I think n/t |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
114. Christmas and Christmas trees are popular in Japan, |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
119. The trees are back up in Seattle. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
120. do you also consider the Easter Bunny to be a religious symbol? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
124. I still say... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
130. For many Americans, Christmas is not a religious holiday |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #130 |
138. I know, that is it for me, along with other family/friend festivities |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
133. We need to ban these -fuck the KKKristians |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
142. Let me explain it clearly for you. It is part of a religious ceremony |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. Indeed! Merry Santamas! |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. type of cookie does matter. Its in the bible |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
144. Mine's a Solstice Tree |
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