Christmas is up!

[Red Squirrel]

Merry Christmas!

More pics: http://imgur.com/a/5neeE

 

[sayounara]

It's soon to say "Merry Christmas" now

 

[sandorski]

Looks nice, but that cat is already scheming.

 

[bbhaag]

Very pretty. I like the little homes around the bottom.

 

[Printer Bandit]

remind me again what the tree had to do with christ?

 

[bbhaag]

remind me again what the tree had to do with christ?

It's called symbolism. Good tidings, yule tide joy, good will to men.
What would you prefer he posted a pic of? Christ on a cross or maybe a nativity scene?

 

[JEDIYoda]

remind me again what the tree had to do with christ?

always one in the crowd....

 

[sportage]

Meanwhile, on the other side of reality

 

[Berliner]

Oh no you didn't!

It's November.

November!

 

[shortylickens]

remind me again what the tree had to do with christ?

Nothing.

Its actually a pagan holiday.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh, and we usually wait until after Thanksgiving to put up Xmas junk.
While the rest of you are bashing skulls and slitting throats to save 3 dollars on a 75 inch TV, we'll be leisurely placing the tree and decorations around the house.

 

[DaTT]

Our Thanksgiving is in October

 

[OverVolt]

Ah the old "decorate the bottom of the tree with stupid houses so it looks like we bought more gifts than we really did" trick.

 

[Fritzo]

That would be a Thanksgiving tree, not a Christmas tree.

 

[stargazr]

Christmas season doesn't start until after Thanksgiving .

 

[Thebobo]

Merry Christmas!

More pics: http://imgur.com/a/5neeE

Did you place the kitty on the other side to balance the picture?

Anyway nice picture looks very inviting.

 

[Linux23]

bah, stupid xmas, aka consumer stupidty season.

 

[Kaido]

Christmas season doesn't start until after Thanksgiving .

+1

 

[Scarpozzi]

remind me again what the tree had to do with christ?

That's what they used to construct the cross with.

 

[Kaido]

bah, stupid xmas, aka consumer stupidty season.

It's only stupid if you make it stupid. I always see a split at work...people who focus on friends, family, charity work & donations, etc. during the holidays, and people who focus on reading the news about how commercialism is killing the holiday & then complain endlessly about it.

Of course, you could always pull a George and donate to the Human Fund :sneaky:

 

[Markbnj]

remind me again what the tree had to do with christ?

It's the other way around. The Church of Rome convinced the pagans that Christ had to do with the tree.

The Romans always allowed the traditions of subjugated cultures to merge with their own, as long as there wasn't armed resistance. It was one of their strengths.

But really the whole modern American-style Christmas was dreamed up in the late 1800's (If I recall correctly) by a bunch of movers and shakers in NYC who were looking to rechannel Irish/Scottish drunken revelry into something more peaceful and family-oriented... or so I read somewhere.

 

[IronWing]

Christmas season doesn't start until after Thanksgiving .

Why? If I wish someone a happy Jly 4th in early June they look at me like I'm a retard.


Edit: Also, OP, that's a pretty tree, Merry Christmas!

 

[njdevilsfan87]

Nice tree OP. Merry Christmas... in advance! :thumbsup:

 

[alzan]

Is putting up your tree this early a salvo in the War On Christmas?

Seriously, nice tree.

 

[Ken g6]

It's soon to say "Merry Christmas" now

Yeah, Thanksgiving hasn't happened yet! Oh, wait...

Thanksgiving (French: Action de grâce), or Thanksgiving Day (Jour de l'action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year.

OK, so when does the Chrismas season start in Canada? Here in the USA we usually wait until after our Thanksgiving. (Except all the stores started after Halloween this year. D