tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947374.post8202472124804031352..comments2024-01-04T19:09:41.005-08:00Comments on Man or Maniac?: All, or Nothing At All.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947374.post-46687745740315119152009-12-14T13:19:49.334-08:002009-12-14T13:19:49.334-08:00Oooh. And a Flying Spaghetti Monster on top.Oooh. And a Flying Spaghetti Monster on top.Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07958638081040988982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947374.post-23289860383641685602009-12-14T13:18:44.133-08:002009-12-14T13:18:44.133-08:00I say they decorate the tree with menorahs and kin...I say they decorate the tree with menorahs and kinaras. And if anyone finds anything to bitch about the tree, you hang them from it. Not for religious reasons, just that they obviously didn't have much of a life anyhow.Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07958638081040988982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947374.post-75460628579240883212009-12-14T10:59:36.705-08:002009-12-14T10:59:36.705-08:00I actually didn't find any evidence of that as...I actually didn't find any evidence of that as I researched, although I expected to. After all, Christmas certainly is an example of the early Catholic church's policy of co-opting some outside rituals in order to assimilate competing religions.<br />But the earliest known reference to a decorated holiday tree is late 15th century Germany, long after Pagan Germany had been assimilated.C.L.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01734352657431970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947374.post-39389613754384997212009-12-14T02:43:10.035-08:002009-12-14T02:43:10.035-08:00Of course the tree predates Christianity and is mo...Of course the tree predates Christianity and is more indicative of the pagan solstice celebrations, but I don't imagine the Supreme Court dug that deeply. ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452924829161040975noreply@blogger.com