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For those who are interested the History channel website has a very good historical account about how the evergreen tree first became part of the Christmas celebration. Here: Christmas Tree history. [ historychannel.com] Merry Christmas. Porter.
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I watched a bit of that show last night on the History Channel, Christmas Unwrapped. I never knew that Christmas wasn't celebrated in the USA for all those years. I did know that santa claus was created by a department store.
Basically when we all say that American Christmas is a secular sales driven event it is basically the truth.
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Yeah, I watched the program also. I wish they had spent more time on St. Nicholas - the real one - but at least they did mention him. I also found it very interesting.
What I also find interesting is the number of people who have not put of their Christmas trees this year. For whatever reason - they seem to come from all walks, a lot are Christians - so I wonder if the Holy Spirit is doing something.
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The Italian believe that St. Bernadine of Siena, a Franciscan preacher was the first to set up a Christmas tree.
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And talking about jolly, old Santa, here's one theory [ zenit.org] by author Jeremy Seal how St. Nicholas of Myra "evolved" into the present Santa Claus! A "scholarly" work? Amado
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