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11-19-2008, 11:27 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
Cake, I can have anytime I want. No need for any frills.
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Yeah...but you didn't answer my questions!!! 
Do your kids ask about birthdays? What do you tell them, if anything? What are your scriptural reasons, if any?
I'm just curious. Not in attack mode. 
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"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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11-19-2008, 11:27 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
excuse me!!!!
Thread is being hyjacked with girlie stuff!!!!
Let's get back on page!!!!! |
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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11-19-2008, 11:28 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Haha! Actually, Jeff is very soft hearted. I love it when he takes me shopping for clothes, because he'll pretty much buy me whatever I want, if I ask for it. He tried to buy me an outfit one time at Macy's that was over $400, and I talked him out of it. (Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! LOL!!!) He kept saying that it looked so pretty on me that he hated passing it up. Sweet, huh?  So I have to be careful what I ask for.
That said, he knows his own weaknesses and won't go shopping with me (or the kids) unless he knows he has money to spend. |
You know how we get so bored with our clothes! I only buy when it's on sale. I know I'll get tired of it.
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11-19-2008, 11:29 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
excuse me!!!!
Thread is being hyjacked with girlie stuff!!!!
Let's get back on page!!!!! |
I'm going to bed anyway! 
You can't talk about Christmas and not digress to spending money. It just doesn't work, Brother!
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11-19-2008, 11:30 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Yeah...but you didn't answer my questions!!!
Do your kids ask about birthdays? What do you tell them, if anything? What are your scriptural reasons, if any? |
No particular reason, and we tell the girls that they are older when the years pass. Everyday is a special day for them. My wife and I like it that way.
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11-19-2008, 11:31 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
You know how we get so bored with our clothes! I only buy when it's on sale. I know I'll get tired of it.
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I KNOW! I know ME. I might love something, and then after wearing it 2-3 times, it will hang in my closet untouched for months, no maybe even YEARS. And if it costs too much, I'll feel too guilty to give it away. 
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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11-19-2008, 11:32 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
We could start calling it FishMas, and use that Fish symbol instead of the "X." 
Okay. It's a stretch.
I DON'T think that the majority of the world makes Christmas about Christ. But then again, we don't control the climate of any other household except ours. We just do our best to make things centered around God and godliness, and have a clear conscience.
Fortunately, SHOPPING has NEVER violated my convictions. Okay, ONE time it did, because I spent a truckload of money on myself because I was mad at my husband for forgetting our anniversary, but that is another topic.
Well. Not a truckload. But around $500.  |
Sounds like fun to me! As they say-you go girl-
I haven't seen a shopping spree like that in 4 or 5yrs! But I still remain hopeful-and tjmaxx will just have to do until then.
But if I had it I would spend too -(sorry that is the truth I can not lie )
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11-19-2008, 11:32 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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I'm going to bed anyway!
You can't talk about Christmas and not digress to spending money. It just doesn't work, Brother! |
Well, Sis, just think about how much money you would save your husband if you didn't do the popish holiday? 
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11-19-2008, 11:32 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I KNOW! I know ME. I might love something, and then after wearing it 2-3 times, it will hang in my closet untouched for months, no maybe even YEARS. And if it costs too much, I'll feel too guilty to give it away. |
You know everywhere we have lived I always get the walk-in closet!
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11-19-2008, 11:33 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I'm confused. Do you think it's wrong to put any decorations in your house? Or only those items which may or may not have been used in pagan rituals or worship in times past or present?
What about sprinklings of colorful leaves on the Thanksgiving table?
Red glitter on the table on Valentine's day? Red hearts? Valentine's cards with cupid on the front?
Do you celebrate birthdays?
None of the above. St Valentine? Anyone still pray the rosary?
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No birthdays?
That is for sure a Jehova Witness stance.
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