Oh Holiday Tree, Oh Holiday Tree
Giving ALL the Holidays Their Due
Now that all the "Holiday Trees" are up and blazing with their "Holiday Lights" why bother to take them down - EVER!
We have LOTS of Holidays to celebrate, check out the following list . . . and this is only a Partial list; don't they ALL deserve a holiday tree!
We have:
- Martin Luther King Day in January
- Valentines Day in February
- Mardi Gras is usually in February and is certainly a Holiday for many
- Purim, commemorating the Jewish victory over oppression, usually celebrated in March
- Easter either in March or April
- Passover, usually in April
- Mother's Day in May
- Father's Day in June
- Shavuot, celebrated the 5th night of the Jewish month of Sivan, usually in May or June
- Independence Day on July 4th
- Rosh Hashanah, celebrated the 29th night of the Jewish month of Elul in September or October
- Yom Kippur on the 9th night of Tishrei, usually in September or October
- Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calender, may be in September, October, November, December, January, or
February
- Halloween on October 31st
- El Dia de los Muertos on November 1st
- Thanksgiving on the 4th Thursday of November
- Chanukah, celebrated the 24th night of the Jewish month of Kislev, in December
- Kwanzaa, the 7 day festival, begins on December 26th
Wow! It feels like I'm forgetting something.
Oh yes, that holiday that used to be called Christmas!
What is it we're calling that now . . . I forget!
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2 Comments
Post a CommentThere actually is such a thing as a Mardi Gras tree. They are usually tinsel or fiber optic stuff and come in the traditional purple, gold, and green of the Carnivale season. That concludes neonola's fact of the day :)
I say merry Christmas to the people that I know who celebrate Christmas and I say happy holidays to people I don't know that well. It�s about being considerate to others and their beliefs. Is it really going to diminish one's beliefs if a tree is called a "holiday tree," instead of a Christmas tree? It seems that people such as O'Reilly and Gibson have forgotten what the real meaning of Christmas is . . .
They're just like the Grinch in "How the Grinch stole Christmas." The Grinch believed that the presents and the tree were more important to the Whos than the holiday itself. Of course he realized he was wrong, after the Whos were still happy without their presents and decorations.
If Christmas trees and saying Merry Christmas were outlawed in the United States wouldn�t Christmas still take place? Wouldn't believers still believe?