"Christmas" unmentionable again
We read:
"Gov. Steve Beshear has angered some Christians with his yuletide terminology. A giant evergreen that will brighten the Capitol lawn this winter won't be called a Christmas tree. Instead, the Beshear administration has dubbed it a "holiday tree."
The Rev. Jeff Fugate, pastor of Clays Mill Baptist Church in Lexington, said Christians find the change troubling. "If you call it a holiday tree," Fugate asked, "which holiday are you talking about? We don't put up a holiday tree for Easter or New Year's or Thanksgiving. We put a tree up for Christmas."
Beshear administration spokeswoman Cindy Lanham said the tree will be in celebration of a variety of winter holidays, including Christmas and Hanukkah.
In Kentucky, political foes are using the issue to bash the Democratic governor and his administration. "Steve Beshear in his continued swing to the left shows that political correctness is more important than Kentucky values," said Republican Senate President David Williams of Burkesville. "It is difficult to see how anyone could take offense at the cherished tradition of Christmas at the Kentucky Capitol."
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Well call it the Yule Tree as that at least relates to its origins in a Nordic pagan mid-winter festival.
The tree is not the point. The ongoing attacks by the far-Left on Christianity is the point. When did you see them attack jews or muslims?
The Left (and their communist icons) has been working hard for many years to make America a "God-less" nation, and political correctness is simply their latest tool. Unfortunately, the weak-minded American people don't realize that PC is already on it's way to destroying a lot more than a religion.
I didn't know Jews had Hanukkah trees. I see no problem in calling it the holiday tree if indeed there are many holidays at the same time in which trees are a tradition. If, however, the concept of Hanukkah tree is unheard of it's a different matter. In that case they're just trying to rename Christmas tree which is stupid regardless of motivation. Enough with the renaming frenzy!
I call the tree joulukuusi by the way.
I've always named my pagan mid-winter festival trees individually - some look like Franks, or Henries, or Theodores.
There was one year it looked like a Nebuchadnezzar, though....
If you're going to mock it or attempt to minimize it, just don't have a tree at all. It's a good thing that Christians aren't as violent and bloody about insults to their traditions as Muslims, although if they were it might get them more respect from the Left.
3:04 AM - Fear doesn't equal respect. Fear = Fear!
What I want to know is what the hell does the tree have to do with Christmas anyway? It's about as Christian as Santa Caluse. It's BS. Something for ignorant people to fight about. I've read the gospels about Christ's birth. No mention of a tree anywhere.
"What I want to know is what the hell does the tree have to do with Christmas anyway?"
---It's a tradition, they've been known as "christmas trees" for a very long time, they have as much pagan orgin as a modern celebration of Halloween.
Besides, "holiday" tree sounds horrible, you either do things the right way or don't do them at all.
Being "inclusive" by excluding millions of people doesn't make any sense.
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3:04 AM - "Fear doesn't equal respect. Fear = Fear!"
That's right. And guess which one lasts longer?
I remember seeing an electronic advent calendar at Castle Arcana on which one of the days explained the likely origin of the Christmas tree. It apparently originated with Martin Luther in Germany.
Depends whether you mean origin as a decoration in a Christian festival (Christmas) or its deeper origins. In pre-Christian Germany and Scandinavia, evergreen trees and plants were symbolic of life surviving winter or in other words life overcoming death, and the rebirth of the sun after the winter solstice. The idea is carried into Christianity with the birth of Christ the giver of eternal life. Note that Christmas trees are traditionally decorated with spherical baubles and a "star" - these are sun symbols for the rebirth of the sun after Dec.21-25.
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