tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458704418802617760.post2015630964121235538..comments2012-01-03T19:28:38.944-06:00JTRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13377580474241286817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458704418802617760.post-63969255168241046502011-12-27T17:05:54.978-06:002011-12-27T17:05:54.978-06:00We didn't have a Christmas tree this year -- Beloved Husband's myasthenic crisis at Thanksgiving threw all plans / decorating off track. I missed the lights, glitter and the decorations covering decades of child-made ornaments. So much of their work displayed scenes from the nativity. I missed putting packages under the tree, too. So -- not every home in America has such a tree, and I know many of those that do also have a nativity set. They worship neither.Grammy Blickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458704418802617760.post-61926401920112193562011-12-27T12:58:43.667-06:002011-12-27T12:58:43.667-06:00the christmas tree is the focal point of every home in America and you say it's not an idol? whether or not Jer. was referring to the xmas tree or not, the point can be applied. Just knowing where the tradition came from is enough for me to not be able to have one.Becky (Consider Him)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06198907655779729345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458704418802617760.post-56555424000173624452011-12-10T16:08:58.701-06:002011-12-10T16:08:58.701-06:00I read this passage to my kids a few years ago while standing next to the Christmas tree they had just finished decorating. They were shocked, to say the least. I then explained to them what it meant and how sometimes people twist what the Bible says to prove whatever point they want to. It was a great lesson to them to always check things out for themselves instead of just trusting what somebody says. Thanks for posting this.jeftexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985162578479464536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458704418802617760.post-29326870700536384752011-12-02T17:51:26.455-06:002011-12-02T17:51:26.455-06:00I agree. I have heard that myself, people trying to make me feel guilty for having a tree. I don't have Santa on there and I have found ornaments and made ornaments about the Lord and have them on there. It's a decoration just like all the other decorations I have around my home the rest of the year. I don't pray to any of them!Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15007803621061546819noreply@blogger.com