Bible Forbids Christmas Trees

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_harmony
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Re: Bible Forbids Christmas Trees

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Trinity wrote:
Dr. Shades wrote:
asbestosman wrote:Jeremiah 10
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.


And thank goodness for that, since trees have such a nasty habit of moving all the time.


I really had to bolt one down a couple of years ago, it kept on trying to climb out the window..


I wonder if your tree was related to the one we had that kept falling over so often, we finally tied it to the curtain rod.
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Re: Bible Forbids Christmas Trees

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Trinity wrote: I really had to bolt one down a couple of years ago, it kept on trying to climb out the window..


I suspect those sunglasses are not for indoor use. That was no doubt the cat that kept trying to climb out the window. Oh well. Did it keep trying to lick the ornaments?
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Re: Bible Forbids Christmas Trees

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Dr. Shades wrote:And thank goodness for that, since trees have such a nasty habit of moving all the time.

Last winter a tree took out the roof of my MIL's neighbor. They had to use tarps for a while.
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