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UJ Unkle John Tiki Socialite Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX Joined: Oct 22, 2003 Posts: 1217	UJ Unkle John Posted posted on Thu, Dec 6, 2007 1:39 PM On 2007-12-06 13:02, The Gnomon wrote: Aluminum trees are pagan friendly. This might seem surprising being that pagans are so close to Nature. So what's the attraction to fake trees? It is a sacrilege in paganism to cut down a tree simply for entertainment purposes. Pagans decorate their living trees. To pagans, sacrificing trees do not honor them. Aluminum trees are tree art that does not involve unnecessarily destroying a tree. The tradition of decorating trees at Yuletide is a pagan one that predates Christianity. As part of the pagan celebration of Yule, communities would select special trees to honor. They would decorate them and gather at those trees where they would conduct Yuletide ceremonies. The ceremonies mainly centered around blessing their orchards to weather the winter well so that the trees would return in the springtime to start a bountiful growing season. Spiritually powerful trees (such as oaks and evergreens) were usually selected. BTW, Yule occurs on Dec 22 this year. So go out into the forest and drag in a fallen oak that will burn for about 12 days (origin of the 12 days of Christmas, except the tradition is pagan). That is known as a Yule log and as you might imagine it was Party Central. Shove the trunk end of the tree into the fireplace and then keep pushing it in as it burns. The Yule log gets lit at Yuletide (the hibernal solstice) and, ideally, it lasts for the entire festival (into the new year). If the solstice lands on the 20th of December, then a 12-day log will last until the 1st of January. I should do a pagan traditions thing like I did a Samhain (Halloween). There's the significance of mistletoe, holly, gift giving, Santa Claus, and other things that have pagan origins. I would have to agree. I celebrate yule and have since I was 13 or so. My wahine and I celebrate yule with each other now an have started our own traditions and mixed them with old traditions. We are 100% pagan. With out violating the "no polyticin' & religion talk" on this board, I don't think i can say anything else. Texas Tikiphiles Unite! [ Edited by: Unkle John 2007-12-06 13:40 ]

On 2007-12-06 13:02, The Gnomon wrote:
Aluminum trees are pagan friendly.

This might seem surprising being that pagans are so close to Nature. So what's the attraction to fake trees?

It is a sacrilege in paganism to cut down a tree simply for entertainment purposes. Pagans decorate their living trees. To pagans, sacrificing trees do not honor them. Aluminum trees are tree art that does not involve unnecessarily destroying a tree.

The tradition of decorating trees at Yuletide is a pagan one that predates Christianity. As part of the pagan celebration of Yule, communities would select special trees to honor. They would decorate them and gather at those trees where they would conduct Yuletide ceremonies. The ceremonies mainly centered around blessing their orchards to weather the winter well so that the trees would return in the springtime to start a bountiful growing season. Spiritually powerful trees (such as oaks and evergreens) were usually selected.

BTW, Yule occurs on Dec 22 this year. So go out into the forest and drag in a fallen oak that will burn for about 12 days (origin of the 12 days of Christmas, except the tradition is pagan). That is known as a Yule log and as you might imagine it was Party Central. Shove the trunk end of the tree into the fireplace and then keep pushing it in as it burns. The Yule log gets lit at Yuletide (the hibernal solstice) and, ideally, it lasts for the entire festival (into the new year). If the solstice lands on the 20th of December, then a 12-day log will last until the 1st of January.

I should do a pagan traditions thing like I did a Samhain (Halloween). There's the significance of mistletoe, holly, gift giving, Santa Claus, and other things that have pagan origins.

I would have to agree. I celebrate yule and have since I was 13 or so. My wahine and I celebrate yule with each other now an have started our own traditions and mixed them with old traditions. We are 100% pagan.

With out violating the "no polyticin' & religion talk" on this board, I don't think i can say anything else.

Texas Tikiphiles Unite!

[ Edited by: Unkle John 2007-12-06 13:40 ]

Post #348073 by Unkle John on Thu, Dec 6, 2007 1:39 PM