tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043971967398769903.post8042395010295059475..comments2024-03-28T19:16:46.275-05:00Comments on The Watchman's Bagpipes: Christmas-Time Scripture AbuseGlenn E. Chatfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043971967398769903.post-68399672731917846612010-12-16T11:06:55.001-06:002010-12-16T11:06:55.001-06:00Now THAT is an interesting story!Now THAT is an interesting story!Glenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043971967398769903.post-20016761163200246852010-12-16T10:00:44.275-06:002010-12-16T10:00:44.275-06:00FYI because it's interesting to me, the origin...FYI because it's interesting to me, the origin of the <i>Christmas</i> tree (from a book of "Where did that come from?" stuff) was a story from Saint Boniface. A missionary to the druidic folk of Germany, he one time felled a large oak to demonstrate that there were no spirits in it. It fell on a small sapling that was undamaged. He used the small fir as an example of Christ, undamaged by the world's sin. He called it the Christ tree.<br /><br />Although the story of Martin Luther's experience with the tree is really fun, too.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043971967398769903.post-40466472381722188802010-12-14T21:23:04.136-06:002010-12-14T21:23:04.136-06:00Thank you, thank you, thank you.Thank you, thank you, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com