Dad grew up poor; as a child, he never had a Christmas tree.
When my parents first married, because of their circumstances, dad never considered buying a tree. They weren’t rich by any stretch of the imagination but Mom wouldn’t have a Christmas without a tree so for my parents first Christmas they went all-out in decorating their tree. They decided they would put tinsel on the tree. Mom said, “Dad read the instructions on the tinsel box, which said to put a strand of tinsel on every inch on the tree. With a ruler in hand, Dad put the tinsel on the tree that year.”
[The picture shows a lack of ornaments, decorations, furniture, pictures and the like in the room.]
It was more than they could afford as newlyweds, but the tree looked great. Soon after, they started a tradition of buying one new ornament each year.
- - We still love that family tradition. - -
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. | Psalm 37:16)
According to Jeremiah a tree is vain, but we enjoy the beauty of the tree and its reminder of Jesus Christ.
HEAR ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Jeremiah 10:1-4
From Those Funny Scriptures pages 274-275
When my parents first married, because of their circumstances, dad never considered buying a tree. They weren’t rich by any stretch of the imagination but Mom wouldn’t have a Christmas without a tree so for my parents first Christmas they went all-out in decorating their tree. They decided they would put tinsel on the tree. Mom said, “Dad read the instructions on the tinsel box, which said to put a strand of tinsel on every inch on the tree. With a ruler in hand, Dad put the tinsel on the tree that year.”
[The picture shows a lack of ornaments, decorations, furniture, pictures and the like in the room.]
It was more than they could afford as newlyweds, but the tree looked great. Soon after, they started a tradition of buying one new ornament each year.
- - We still love that family tradition. - -
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. | Psalm 37:16)
According to Jeremiah a tree is vain, but we enjoy the beauty of the tree and its reminder of Jesus Christ.
HEAR ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Jeremiah 10:1-4
From Those Funny Scriptures pages 274-275