what do you call it?
2006-12-25 03:24:14 · 29 answers · asked by Cesar 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
..i call it christmas tree...
2006-12-25 03:39:55 · update #1
christmas tree... as a jewish person, i think it is more confusing to call it a "holiday tree" ... for some reason the jews were blamed for this name change with the big NYC tree... but really, we don't want it called a "holiday tree" cuz little jewish kids will think it applies to them, and it doesn't. it's a christmas tree for christian people. when i was a kid we used to drive around the neighborhood and look a t all the christmas decorations cuz we didn't obviously have any on our house. we never called them "holiday decorations" - that's just bizarre. who is behind this "holiday tree" thing? athiests? politically correct lunatics? I dont get it... why do they even care? it's weird to me... it's a Christmas tree... damnit! it's been around 2000+ years!!
2006-12-25 03:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas Tree
2006-12-25 03:44:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas Tree
2006-12-25 03:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by Ornate Designs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christmas Tree.
2006-12-25 03:32:04 · answer #4 · answered by I think... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas tree
2006-12-25 03:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by Mike M. 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a Christmas tree.
2006-12-25 03:31:29 · answer #6 · answered by mom of 2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our house, it has always been a Christmas tree because, although we are now non-denominational and hardly ever go to any church any where, we were brought up Christian.
I realize all the gifts and glitter can say much more about "crass commercialism" than any kind of faith. But we also follow rituals which my mother did and her mother before her; and I think there's something nice about honoring family traditions.
Since my husband is Dutch, we also celebrate Sinter Klaas (on December 5 or 6, depending on whether you live in Holland or Belgium), carrying on something from his family history.
Happy Holidays covers a lot more people (since Hanukkah just happened, Ramadan before that, Kwanzaa...and so on). And Happy New Year can be globally appreciated.
So, have a very Happy Holiday!!!! And a Happy, Healthy 2007!
2006-12-25 03:47:59 · answer #7 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patron trees (for example, the Irminsul, Thor's Oak and the figurative Yggdrasil) held special significance for the ancient Germanic tribes, appearing throughout historic accounts as sacred symbols and objects. Among the earliest Germanic tribes the Yule tradition was celebrated by sacrificing male animals and slaves by suspending them on the branches of trees.
According to Adam of Bremen, in Scandinavia the pagan kings sacrificed nine males of each species at the sacred groves every ninth year.[1] According to one legend, Saint Boniface attempted to introduce the idea of trinity to the pagan tribes using the cone-shaped evergreen trees because of their triangular appearance.[2]
Dionysus in his Triumphant Return; behind the god, Victoria holds an evergreen.The Christmas tree is often explained as a Christianization of the ancient pagan idea that the evergreen tree represents a celebration of the renewal of life. In actuality, when the Roman Empire was converted en masse to Christianity, many cultures did not give up their pagan ideals and traditions and so they were incorporated into the Christmas tradition. If the old church wanted to remove a tradition or religion, they did. For example the Serapem in the Library at Alexandria was destroyed because it had Pagan Idols.
2006-12-25 03:46:04 · answer #8 · answered by drewc_79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just call mine "the tree".
I don't have a problem with either Xmas Tree or Holiday Tree--or Yule Tree for that matter.
2006-12-25 03:45:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
christmas tree
2006-12-25 03:28:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋