http://www.homemaking911.com/2008/02/03/readers-share-keeping-christ-in-christmas/ Help is on the way! Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.homemaking911.com/2008/02/03/readers-share-keeping-christ-in-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 Dineen Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:00:48 +0000 http://www.toolsformybiz.net/2008/02/03/readers-share-keeping-christ-in-christmas/#comment-1116 When I was first married I found a great book at the library about Christmas traditions (can't recall the name). I figured since my husband and I were a new family, we needed to create new traditions for ourselves. One of the traditions I learned about I'd never heard of before was a Jesse tree (from the Isiah scripture, "Out of the branch of Jesse..."). Ornaments are added to the tree that depict scriptures from the Old Testament that describe the lineage of Jesus through the promises of God eventually lead to his Birth. You can find descriptions of suggested scriptures through internet searches (they're generally at Catholic family living sites). My husband and I read the scriptures and decided wether the suggested symbol was what we liked or chose one we felt reflected the passage better. Then we made our ornament and hung it on the tree. As our daughter grows, we expect to have her draw or color the symbols. When I was first married I found a great book at the library about Christmas traditions (can’t recall the name). I figured since my husband and I were a new family, we needed to create new traditions for ourselves. One of the traditions I learned about I’d never heard of before was a Jesse tree (from the Isiah scripture, “Out of the branch of Jesse…”). Ornaments are added to the tree that depict scriptures from the Old Testament that describe the lineage of Jesus through the promises of God eventually lead to his Birth. You can find descriptions of suggested scriptures through internet searches (they’re generally at Catholic family living sites). My husband and I read the scriptures and decided wether the suggested symbol was what we liked or chose one we felt reflected the passage better. Then we made our ornament and hung it on the tree. As our daughter grows, we expect to have her draw or color the symbols.

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