Christmas Eve Day

You are confusing the Yule Tree and the Yule Log when you speak of burning…

@Cmdr:

As for Easter, dunno why it was set like it was.  I don’t think they tried to set it over a pagan holiday to get the pagans to integrate easier.  But they might have.

LOL, if you want to know about the Easter origins, think about pagans and bunnies and eggs… And spring time…

@Cmdr:

Eggs are in Easter because they are born twice like Jesus.  Once when they are laid, once when they hatch.  It’s a stretch, but no more so then the Moon being a sentient being. :P

Lol

think about it… Eggs were to symbolize the fertility of springtime.

Might as well say stockings are hung on the wall to represent Jesus’ feet dangling from the cross.

LMAO @ Stockings

Jen, you are officially nuts. :lol:

anyone watch the easter southpark.  that explains it all.  “hippitus hoppitus……”

Hey all,
    This is all you need to know about Jesus of Nazerith, the Messiah of the Jews, ( the chosen one, which in Greek is Christos).
This is how it went down;
  About 2007 years ago a child was born to a woman named Mary.
  Jesus as a young man performed many miracals, (well documented by all the news services at the time) some of which even the Emperor of Rome heard about.
  He professed the “good news” that whoever believed what he had come into this world to teach us and followed the lifestyle that He professed, (that is, how to treat one another as outlined in the Beattitudes) then you shall know everlasting joy in the presence of your Creator.
  As was foretold in the ancient Hebrew Tora, (Bible) God sent his only Son to be the final sacrifice that would allow mankind to be removed from the laws of Moses allowing all mankind to be able to converse directly to Him through prayer. So, Jesus was beaten, humiliated, and then went willingly to the cross for crimes that he did not commit.
After 3 days he rose from the grave and was seen by many! He proved that death of the physical body was not the end of our existence. That God had the power over death, and that all mankind had the right to obtain that gift.
How is this accomplished?
By faith, and by the rebirth of the Holy Spirit in you.
Take heed, it takes a brave soul to make such a leap of faith. And the sacrifices one has to make are no less than a change of heart and of lifestyles. Too much for some sad to say.
But for those that do, rest assurd a better future awaits them.