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December 17, 2004
It is a Christmas Tree for heavens sake!
The Christmas Tree is NOT a holiday bush! There is a spiritual meaning behind the Christmas Tree. The triangular shape of the tree represents the Trinity. The tree points upwards towards God. The signifigance of having an evergreen is that it is forever eternal. Green represents life. The needles on the tree are said to grow upwards like hands praising God. The lights we place on our Christmas Tree symbolize the lights of heaven. And the gifts placed under the tree show charity and love. THAT IS WHAT A CHRISTMAS TREE IS ALL ABOUT!!!!! So, before you go and call a Christmas Tree a holiday bush, you should think about the spiritual meaning you are simply disregarding.
With that said, here are some photos of our Christmas Tree. Jessica got up early (5:30am) the day after Thanksgiving to purchase this beauty (HA)! It was onsale at Target and looked really nice from the add. She waited in line and was able to grab the last one. When we got it home and set it up it looked like an anorexic tree with cancer. It was the slim line version, but nobody told us it would be this skinny. They also failed to mention that it did not have much hair (needles). Jess decided that it would work for this year. She tried her best to make it look decent. Judge for yourself. I also included some shots of our fireplace, Christmas ornaments, and of course our Christmas Card for 2004! We did not get out all of our decorations this year because, as Jess put it, "whatever you get out, you have to put away." So, we decided that we didn't want to put away much this year. Therefor, we did not get out many decorations. ENJOY!
Posted by PNorthcutt at December 17, 2004 7:41 PM