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In the Bible from Matthew 2: 11-12..... The wisdom of the wise men is, ..`And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy, And when they were come to the house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and fell down, and worshiped him and when they had opened their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, and frankincense and myrrh`.....See here is wise men bringing gifts and worshiping God on the first Christmas .......
Couldn't rep you again, but of course you are correct.
Remember being a kid and putting the tree up and decorating it ON Christmas Eve? At one point I think my family started putting it up the Sunday before Christmas because that was one day when everyone was around, but this nonsense of putting a tree up weeks before Christmas didn't exist. And now some people seem to have their Christmas tree out on the curb by New Year's Day.
I had a Roman Catholic friend (he, unfortunately, passed at a relatively young age) who always left his tree up until right before Good Friday.
(One day, this friend, attempting to bust my chops as friends are known to do to one another, announced to me that he was going to only buy the products that were not certified kosher at his local supermarket, but quickly gave up when he encountered the fact that, excluding meat and seafood, about 80% or so of the products were certified kosher, having the symbol of a kosher certifying agency printed on the packaging.)
Many municipalities post notices that their sanitation trucks will collect Christmas trees from the curb sometime in the first week of January which sometimes causes problems for Eastern Orthodox Church folks who celebrate their Christmas, the Feast of the Nativity, on January 6.
I had a Roman Catholic friend (he, unfortunately, passed at a relatively young age) who always left his tree up until right before Good Friday.
(One day, this friend, attempting to bust my chops as friends are known to do to one another, announced to me that he was going to only buy the products that were not certified kosher at his local supermarket, but quickly gave up when he encountered the fact that, excluding meat and seafood, about 80% or so of the products were certified kosher, having the symbol of a kosher certifying agency printed on the packaging.)
Must have been a pretty-dried out, brown tree by then!
Good to know your friend had a sense of humor, too.
Many municipalities post notices that their sanitation trucks will collect Christmas trees from the curb sometime in the first week of January which sometimes causes problems for Eastern Orthodox Church folks who celebrate their Christmas, the Feast of the Nativity, on January 6.
You mean to say January 7th, don't you? And yes, for those of us who follow the traditional Julian calendar, many things don't work as smoothly as those who follow the Gregorian calendar.
There was another thread about this somewhere, probably in the Christianity SF but I've been dumped on Christmas Day by my son for church. Go figure. I said "ok" but it's really not.
There was another thread about this somewhere, probably in the Christianity SF but I've been dumped on Christmas Day by my son for church. Go figure. I said "ok" but it's really not.
It is sad when people think that ritual and magic is more important than "love of God and each other" . . . especially those closest to us. We are glad you are here with us on C-D to celebrate Christmas, Ilene. It has widened my world, too . . . that's for sure.
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And yes, for those of us who follow the traditional Julian calendar, many things don't work as smoothly as those who follow the Gregorian calendar.
