Posted by LilyMD on 11/10/05 7:34am
Msg #75565

OT...Have you seen the upside down...

Christmas tree? I just saw it on Good Morning America. It was decorated just like the right side up version! Apparently, they're in big demand.

Reply by thnotary_NY on 11/10/05 7:45am
Msg #75569

Bats will love those I'm sure.

Reply by PJM/MI on 11/10/05 8:34am
Msg #75575

When the needles start dropping.. do they drop "up"?

Reply by thnotary_NY on 11/10/05 8:50am
Msg #75581

Do bat droppings drop up.? If so, wouldn't they be on the ceiling.? And if they drop down, how do they clean themselves.? I think I've got waaayy too much time on my hands. :(

Reply by LilyMD on 11/10/05 8:54am
Msg #75582

Thanks for the laugh! I, too, seem to have way too much time on my hands! Things need to pick up and soon.

Reply by CA_Violet on 11/10/05 9:41am
Msg #75600

I've heard people will do this sometimes so that their cat of puppy can't get to the ornaments or climb it as easily.

Reply by newlysmomva on 11/10/05 10:02am
Msg #75606

I didn't see them but hubby did. I think people just get crazier and crazier.

Reply by Sheila_NJ on 11/10/05 7:11pm
Msg #75785

Celebrating Christmas without a richly decorated Christmas Tree would not seem right today. But why do we have a Christmas Tree, and how did it originate?


Back in the 7th century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, traveled to Germany to spread the Word of God. Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit to the German people. The German people started to revere the Fir Tree as "God's Tree". In the next 5 centuries, the tree became a symbol of Christianity, and was being hung upside-down from the ceiling as a sign of Christianity.

........and there you have it!

Reply by PAW_Fl on 11/10/05 10:17pm
Msg #75815

Not so sure about that. I invite you to read this article -> http://users.rcn.com/tlclcms/chrtree.htm

Reply by HisHughness on 11/11/05 1:51am
Msg #75822

Origin of the Xmas tree...and the future of the fruit cake

With respect to the origin of the Christmas tree, which one poster said originated in the 7th Century:

Googling "Christmas tree" and "origin" will turn up approximately 407,000 entries. Though I did not read all 407,000, the first three yielded the following entries, none of which ascribed to the ornamented Yuletide fir tree a date earlier than the 16th Century.

"There is scholarly consensus, however, that the Christmas tree originated in Germany. Indeed, the earliest record of an evergreen tree being used and decorated (but without lights) for Christmas is 1521 in the German region of Alsace."

And...

"Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition in the 16th century when devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes."

And...

"The fir tree has a long association with Christianity, it began in Germany almost a 1000 years ago when St Boniface, who converted the German people to Christianity, was said to have come across a group of pagans worshipping an oak tree. In anger, St Boniface is said to have cut down the oak tree and to his amazement a young fir tree sprung up from the roots of the oak tree. St Boniface took this as a sign of the Christian faith. But it was not until the 16th century that fir trees were brought indoors at Christmas time."

It is, however, reliably speculated that the Christmas fruit cake originated shortly after that first Christmas, when Mary inadvertently left dinner scraps from several vegetarian meals out and they congealed. That same fruit cake remains in circulation today, typically changing hands at least six times each Christmas as recipients search their gift list to pass the cake on to the most disliked name on their lists.

Word is out that conservative Republicans are planning to adopt the fruit cake as their logo. The fruit cake was actually the Right Guard's second choice; the neocons had to give up on their first choice because none of them knew what a "bonkers" looks like.

Reply by Art_MD on 11/11/05 7:00am
Msg #75827

Re: Origin of the Xmas tree...and the future of the fruit cake

I love fruit cake. Especially when they are wrapped in cheesecloth for 2 weeks and soaked with brandy.

Please feel free to forward any unwanted cakes.

Art