“Let this be called the tree of the Christ-Child; gather about it, not in the wild wood, but in your own homes; there it will shelter no deeds of blood, but loving gifts and rites of kindness.”- Saint Boniface
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Ohne Weihnachtsbaum-Bußgeld ins neue Jahr
Die Festtagssymbole werden immer wieder unrechtmäßig am Straßenrand abgestellt und entsorgt. Bußgeld droht!
Über 350.000 alte Weihnachtsbäume hat die BSR zu Beginn 2023 in Berlin eingesammelt. Dennoch werden die Festtagssymbole immer wieder unrechtmäßig am Straßenrand abgestellt. Das ist nicht nur umweltschädlich, sondern kann schnell teuer werden: Bis zu 500 Euro Bußgeld drohen illegalen…
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Facts about Christmas
Although Jesus of Nazareth is unquestionably a historical figure, there is no clear historical record of the date or even the year of His birth. The tradition that he was born on December 25, accurate or not, appears to have been part of two competing holidays within the Roman Empire, at the time persecuting Christians: Christmas and a winter veneration of Sol Invictus, the pagan Roman sun god.
Santa Claus is also a historical figure, in a way. St. Nicholas of Myra (c. 270 AD- c. 343 AD), who lived in what is now Turkey, and who was later canonized, was in the habit of giving gifts by stealth, no doubt heeding Jesus's warning that boasting of charity would take away one's reward in Heaven.
His gifts were not, however, primarily to very young children. Most notably, at the time, women had few employment options outside the home, in part because most work was rough, physical and relied very much on upper body strength. Thus, parents of daughters were expected to provide a dowry to jump start future married couples financially, and if the parents lacked the means, their daughters were likely to end up in the world's oldest profession.
Nicholas of Myra was in the habit of anonymously sending the dowry money.
The stories of "Santa Claus" (a linguistic corruption of "Saint Nicholas"), also called Sinterklaas and Father Christmas, flying through the air, were a combination of Christianity and Germanic paganism, as the bearded, wise Odin, believed by Germanic/Norse pagans to be a god, could fly, among other supernatural powers, and was combined with Saint Nicholas.
The Christmas tree likewise has roots in Germanic paganism. From Ireland all the way to the lands of the Slavs, pagans traditionally venerated trees as symbols of gods, most often oak trees.
It was not uncommon for very early Christian missionaries to attempt to prove the old gods to be false or weak by cutting down an oak tree in front of the pagans (who, in the case of Germanic pagans, expected Thor, the god of thunder, to take vengeance), and if they did so without consequences from the old gods, the pagans were likely to convert, concluding that Christ must be more powerful than Thor et alia, hence the Tannenbaum.
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Holiday/Christmas Special: Incoming! Woot, Woot!
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas Eve, to those of you who celebrate! In the spirit of the season, I have uploaded my Holiday/Christmas special for this year on my YouTube channel: a fandub of the Lackadaisy mini-comic: "Tannenbaum"! The fandub is scheduled to release tomorrow at 8am, Central Standard Time, so I hope you look forward to it!
For this project, I also had the pleasure of collaborating with my good friend, Lucy Woods, who did an absolutely magnificent job voicing both Mrs. Bapka and Ivy Pepper in this fandub! With that being said, I hope that you all are having a lovely holiday season- and if you don't celebrate any holidays this time of year, I hope you are having a lovely day. Woot, woot!
Check out the fandub here:
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Diese Weihnachtsbrownies sind die perfekte süße Leckerei für alle, die sich in der Vorweihnachtszeit nicht so richtig zwischen Plätzchen und Kuchen entscheiden können. Saftige Schokobrownies werden kombiniert mit weihnachtlichen Gewürzen. Und dass die Brownies mit Süßkartoffeln und ganz ohne weißen Zucker zubereitet werden, merkt niemand, weil das Ergebnis so saftig, schokoladig und unwiderstehlich lecker ist!
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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a large adorned Christmas tree at the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Image citation: Ruzek, Joseph. “Christmas Card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig,” n.d. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 47. Science History Institute. Philadelphia.
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