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Five more shopping days until Christmas. Every year we all say we will do our shopping early, and still it’s the same hustle and bustle. I’ve begun to believe this is the way it is suppose to be. But, no matter how hectic, we are all through Christmas Eve.
As we go about our shopping and decorating, there are so many things that we use that has the real meaning of Christmas in them that we often overlook, or are not aware of.
For instance, the candy cane has three stripes which represents one stripe for each of the three Wise men. The crook is a reminder of the Shepherds’ cane who watched his flock by night. The color white is for purity and the red is Jesus’ sacrifice. When you turn the cane around it begins His name in Love.
Red is the first color of Christmas to remind us of the blood Christ shed for all of us at Calvary.
The Christmas tree is the second color of Christmas with green representing renewal, new life, growth, freshness and rebirth.
Pine, fir, holly and mistletoe are called evergreens, because they do not die. Throughout the season of the year they remain evergreen. They are used extensively in our home as decoration to give a festive look.
The early pagans cut branches from evergreen trees and carried them to their temples and worshiped them for maintaining life throughout the winter. In King Solomon’s time,
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