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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

It's probably not actually Jesus' birthday (images)

In fact, it almost certainly isn't.  And even if it were I have no idea what an evergreen, even a fake one, would have to do with it.  None the less, I just cleaned off my living room floor, brought up the fake tree, went through lights to get almost two working strands, hung some bulbs, and realized that I missed my self imposed deadline of before midnight.  Then I spent a good solid 40 minutes looking for my camera which I have yet to locate.  So all you get is a crappy built-in-webcam shot:


That can be compared to last year when I had no presents to put under the tree
so I put another tree under it:



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6 comments:

  1. FiredrakeDecember 25, 2012 at 3:57 AM

    I love the halo effects on the bigger lights in that last shot.

    We had "real" trees when I was growing up, but I don't like killing the things; I like a good artificial tree, and these days we tend to use some holly branches (so the bush stays alive).

    Merry Newtonmas.

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  2. chris the cynicDecember 25, 2012 at 9:51 AM

    I love the halo effects on the bigger lights in that last shot.

    I do as well. Hard/impossible to reproduce though, comes from the camera being fogged. Actually it comes from the camera first getting fogged, then being in a state of becoming unfogged and mostly getting there but not quite.

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  3. chris the cynicDecember 25, 2012 at 9:55 AM

    Oh, also, on trees.

    It used to be that we had the artificial tree, but my grandparents, who we would visit every Christmas, had a real one.

    Those grandparent have lived out their lives, so no real trees anymore (dangerous things anyway, I remember that those needles could be sharp) but I carry on the tradition of the artificial one.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 1:18 PM

    According to my German Lutheran grandparents, Martin Luther started the tree tradition. But I've always taken that with a grain of salt. The tradition did start in Germany, though.

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  5. TRiGDecember 28, 2012 at 2:53 PM

    Winter: darkness, death. It's easy to see how evergreens could be a symbol of life and rebirth. I'd guess the tree predates Christianity; or at least the tree was adopted into Christmas from elsewhere.

    TRiG.

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  6. FiredrakeDecember 28, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    Considering that decking trees is explicitly prohibited in Jeremiah 10:1-5, yeah, I think we can fairly say they're pre-Christian. :-)

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