Susie Friesen

Got my holiday tree up, now I'm ready for x-mas!

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• • Susan Froese Are there a lot of presents under the tree for me? Lol
    

    Ruth Sawatzky what about me? LOL
  • Susie Friesen Umm...I'm getting you the same thing you got me.
  • Susie Friesen Both of you.
  • Ruth Sawatzky lol
    

    Tyler Ryman You mean to say your Christmas tree and you are ready for Christmas
  • Susie Friesen No. I don't Tyler. I have a holiday tree and ready for Xmas.
  • Susie Friesen Or actually I'm ready for the holidays!!
  • Rachel Anne Froese The tree is actually a Pagan tradition and has nothing to do with Jesus. Actually, Wiccans celebrated "Christmas" long before Jesus was born. Christianity adopted the traditions and relabelled them to suit their beliefs. I had a friend who was Wiccan, and when she converted to Christianity, threw out her tree. I am sure Susie does not want a huge debate on here, so just research it yourself.
  • Tyler Ryman I know about that aswell, but it is still called a Christmas tree
  • Susie Friesen Really?!?! *sigh*
  • Susie Friesen Im just stating that I have my holiday tree up in anticipation for the holiday season.
    
    As for the "Jesus" thing. Do your research! He wasn't born in December. Even I know that.
  • Susie Friesen And it's pretty sad that y'all can be preachy and judgmental the moment someone has different views. A-fucking-men!!!
  • Rachel Anne Froese ‎Susie and I have different beliefs, but we are still friends. I know that Jesus was not born in December, yet the world celebrates his birth on a day that was originally in honor of the "Sun God". Now, I am not going to judge anyone for what they choose to do this Holiday, but as for me, I still teach my kids the story of Jesus Christ and the details of his birth as the Bible states. I do this at the Christmas season, and all year long. I know very well that Jesus was NOT born on this day, but there is no wrong in teaching anything biblical to your children on any given day of the year. I am not sure if you got my point about the tree...is it truly a biblical tradition if non Christians observe it? Does it have anything to do with the birth of Christ if it was originally intended to worship Pagan gods? Did you know that they chose the evergreen because it was 'magical" in the fact that it always remained green, even in winter. They hung gold and silver ornaments off of it to represent the sun, moon, and stars (Winter solstice). The red was symbolic of the blood from the animal sacrifices offered to it. Gifts were put underneath it as an offering to their tree idol. Just something to think about. I choose not to put a tree up, because I feel that it has nothing to do with the birth of Christ. Every one has their own opinions, and I won't judge them for it. I have heard every excuse in the book why it represents the birth of Christ somehow, but the fact remains, Wiccans have been setting up tress like this for centuries before Jesus was born. It really has nothing to do with Jesus, but if you choose to set one up, that is your choice. It is evil only if you esteem it so.
  • Henry Enns It's called Christmas is it not? Freedom of speech but if it's called Christmas why call it something else
  • Susie Friesen But it's also called the holidays as there are more than one we're celebrating. And I choose to take them all into account and not single out just the one.
  • Neil Johnson Susie, stop picking fights :P
  • Rachel Anne Froese formerly called "Christ Mass", and before that, the "Mass of Christ". It is a Roman Catholic tradition, and as we all know (Or some of us, I hope), that when the Romans "adopted" Christianity, they were Pagan before hand, worshiping many gods. They wanted to make peace with the Christians, and so they mingled their beliefs and that is how we ended up with Christmas and Easter. December 20-25 was the worship of the "Sun God" (they would worship in order to plead with the sun to give them more daylight and warmth--Winter solstice) And when Christianity was introduced, they changed it to the worship of the "Son of God". They kept the traditions, however, and we still carry them today. I won't argue if someone wants to worship Jesus at this time of year, in fact I think it is wonderful to do so. I will happily say "Merry Christmas" to friends and family as the world views this as a time of celebrating the birth of Christ. I have no beef with that. I just feel that most people have no idea where their traditions actually stem from, and they are quick to criticize if you don't participate in them the same way.
    

    Rachel Anne Froese LOL @Neil
  • Marek Andrzej Czoch Merry Christmas Susie, God bless you. :)
    

    Colin Enns ‎"Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas". It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but it, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for "Mass",[1] while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ".[2]
    
    There is a common misconception that the word Xmas is a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas[3] by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas".
  • Maggie Fehr ‎Susie , only you could stir up so much controversy with 10 little words. :) Happy Holidays!!
  • Dana Leanne Bergman Happy Xmas Susie. Good holidays to ya and Merry New Year! Love ya girl! See you on Monday.
  • Minnie Miz D'Mina Friesen Wow, educated about Christmas trees today.