[pct-l] Holiday Cheers....

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@aol.com)]

Years ago I had a course in Ancient Religion when I was in College. The  
Christmas tree supposed to have originated from the Picts or Drews  (Pagans) in 
the Northern British Isle. When the days got shorter  they were afraid of the 
nights. They would cut down Pine trees and  build hugh bon-fires to chase away 
the evils of darkness. Of course this would  be around our Christmas time. Not 
sure about the spelling of Drews. In San  Francisco you can rent a potted tree 
for 90 dollars and they will pick it  up and replant the tree for next year.
 
Lonetrail

don't  know much about the history of the "christmas" tree except that it 
was  part of the Germanic pagan celebration of the winter solstice. Like 
many  other such customs, the catholic church  couldn't 
........................................................................................  it or the 
pagan celebration so the church adopted / adapted them to have a  
christian meaning.

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Tortoise