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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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Same thing Santa Claus and Christmas trees and most of the other Christmas traditions have to do with the birth of Christ. Christmas wasn't widely celebrated until the early Nineteenth century.
Wise men brought gifts to Christ. Why don't we do that today? It's good to see our kids get nice stuff, but we neglect to bring gifts to the one that is the whole reason for celebrating to start with.
JDR is correct. Most of our Christmas tradition were born out of paganism. Google some of them.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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What do any of the common Christmas things have to do with him? Its mostly a Pagan celebration as far as 'traditions'.
No answer regarding the nutcrackers - perhaps came over with the Germans? Don't bother mentioning any of this because it doesn't mean a damn thing to anyone.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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11/28/17 05:58 PM
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Dont get me started. Its a secular holiday that has been Christianized and Im a Christian.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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11/28/17 06:15 PM
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Dont get me started. Its a secular holiday that has been Christianized and Im a Christian.
And folks question why I dislike Christmas.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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11/28/17 06:23 PM
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I always thought it went back to the Nutcracker ballet. Its a Christmas story.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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Ask Perchjerker. I'm sure he's tried it as the name implies.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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I heard perchwhacker invented the nutcracker, down in nawlins.
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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Same as a lot of other Christmas traditions like yuletide, gingerbread houses, and the commonly accepted appearance of Santa Claus: Germany. Matter of fact, I think most of our secular Christmas traditions actually come from Germany.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NutcrackerNutcrackers in the form of wood carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have existed since at least the 15th century. Figurative nutcrackers are a good luck symbol in Germany, and a folk tale recounts that a puppet-maker won a nutcracking challenge by creating a doll with a mouth for a lever to crack the nuts.[3] These nutcrackers portray a person with a large mouth which the operator opens by lifting a lever in the back of the figurine. Originally one could insert a nut in the big-toothed mouth, press down and thereby crack the nut. Modern nutcrackers in this style serve mostly for decoration, mainly at Christmas time, a season of which they have long been a traditional symbol.[10] The ballet The Nutcracker derives its name from this festive holiday decoration.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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I prefer my nuts not cracked.
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Re: Whats the Christmas->Nutcracker Correlation?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NutcrackerNutcrackers in the form of wood carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have existed since at least the 15th century. Figurative nutcrackers are a good luck symbol in Germany, and a folk tale recounts that a puppet-maker won a nutcracking challenge by creating a doll with a mouth for a lever to crack the nuts.[3] These nutcrackers portray a person with a large mouth which the operator opens by lifting a lever in the back of the figurine. Originally one could insert a nut in the big-toothed mouth, press down and thereby crack the nut. Modern nutcrackers in this style serve mostly for decoration, mainly at Christmas time, a season of which they have long been a traditional symbol.[10] The ballet The Nutcracker derives its name from this festive holiday decoration. I broke 11 trying to get into a "hickernut".
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