Kyras

We finally got our Christmas tree last night. It's an 8 to 9 foot, Noble Fir. It's laying in the drive way right now. Andy was going to wash it down with the hose before bringing it in and setting it up, but it's too cold. It was 29* here at 7 AM. Cold for us.

dean

At least it's warm and I won't have to make new friends.

Lainey

You know, that's the second time this week I hear about people washing their tree.

One was due to allergies..... ....... I had never heard of this.

Why do you wash your tree?

Kyras

Because, if you look at it, it's got dead needles, dirt and sawdust on it. The trees are cut down in Oregon, and shipped here. They get dirty.

valentine

Lainey, I think the church annulment process belongs in the dark ages along with a lot of the poopy rules/regulations, etc. It was quite enlightening to me when I read Ethics for the New Milleneum written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He stresses in the beginning that this is not a religious book, but he simply argues that a combination of our instinct for survival and our common sense, if properly attended and refined by human reason, will lead us to an increased capacity for compassion, and compassion will buttress an ethical understanding and moral practice. It is also important to me to know that most of the church's (and I refer to ALL churches, not just one) rules/regs, etc. are handed down by people who wrote them and not a spiritual being, therefore, they are simply the workings of folks who probably had their own self-interests at heart.

DrCloud

[QUOTE=valentine] ... rules/regs, etc. are ...

valentine

I could write a book, but though fact, would have to be written as fiction since no one would believe it.

dean

A very good book on the subject of cultural history and human behavior from an anthropological perspective is, "Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture" by Marvin Harris. If you're interested in that sort of thing and haven't read the book, it's a very good read.