Show your Tennessee Christmas spirit.

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We have three trees in our house. The first is the official home tree. The second is my hubby and my fraternity/sorority tree, and the third is my fav--"the family tree". Our family tree started when my hubby and I got married with one ornament. Then came a ornament each year for each birth of our children. Now comes an ornament added for each grandchild's birth--we have a lot of those. There's also an angel ornament on it given by school children to my husband while he was in Iraq. But what always sits at the heart of the family tree?--The Orange T!!! It has its own special place on "the family tree". Enjoy the season, VN!!!! May the biggest present under the tree be a new coach for Tennessee!!!!

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Insunseri said:
"Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"? I go with "happy holidays" if I'm talking to a stranger...I'm not gonna just assume that they celebrate xmas. I see it like this...what if jewish people sincerely wished you and everyone else "happy hannukah" each year. You'd think they're being a little presumptious, right? Anyway, I won't derail this thread any further. Happy holidays folks (hope I said that right)
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Merry Christmas. I do not believe in being sensitive to others (in fact I hate that word) or tollerant of their feelings, as you see intodays society, they are not tollerant in the least towards Christianity. As long as the mesaage and the meaning is heartfelt, then what does it matter. Not condeming your statment in the least just had to make my own. Merry Christmas.
 
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Insunseri said:
"Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"? I go with "happy holidays" if I'm talking to a stranger...I'm not gonna just assume that they celebrate xmas. I see it like this...what if jewish people sincerely wished you and everyone else "happy hannukah" each year. You'd think they're being a little presumptious, right? Anyway, I won't derail this thread any further. Happy holidays folks (hope I said that right)
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If I were in a predominantly Jewish nation or community and someone wished me "Happy Chanukah" I can sincerely say that it would not bother me in the slightest, nor would I expect them to be sensitive to the fact that I celebrated Christmas. I would be wise enough to know that at it's core, it's a wish of happiness and joy and regardless of what you choose to call it, the meaning behind the greeting is more important that the greeting itself. If someone who lives in an undeniably predominantly Christian nation is truly offended because a person tells them "Merry Christmas" then they need to get over themselves.
 
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jhen713 said:
That's where my Tennessee/Tony Stewart room is.
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Man, that's a lot of posting count I see on your avatar. Have you posted that much or is that a calculation mistake? Just curious as to over 49,000 post. Sounds like you have a nice basement to go to and watch sports. :hi:
 
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FWIW - Washed in the blood and the spirit Christian here and we do NOT celebrate Christmas in our house. Well at least on not any one given day set aside by some pagans several thousand years ago. Christmas is celebrated in our home, and in our hearts, everyday that we wake up and arise to do His good work.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
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Shame on you! Not one of those bottles has been opened. What are saving it for? If you finish a bottle, that's ok. They make & sell more.:good!:
 
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IndianaVol said:
FWIW - Washed in the blood and the spirit Christian here and we do NOT celebrate Christmas in our house. Well at least on not any one given day set aside by some pagans several thousand years ago. Christmas is celebrated in our home, and in our hearts, everyday that we wake up and arise to do His good work.
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I gave you a "like" and all I can say is keep on keeping on dude. There's not too many of you types that still go "all out" or nothing for God & for that I take my :hi: off to you sir. One day I will tell you of a story about an angel I came in contact with that came to my aid when I was in distress. Merry Christmas to you sir.
 
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If I could convince my parents to get a white tree with orange tinsel and lights, I would be a happier man. Until then, just a normal tree for now.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
I gave you a "like" and all I can say is keep on keeping on dude. There's not too many of you types that still go "all out" or nothing for God & for that I take my :hi: off to you sir. One day I will tell you of a story about an angel I came in contact with that came to my aid when I was in distress. Merry Christmas to you sir.
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And a fine day to you too sir...I am glad you got to see/touch/feel that wonderful spirit at least in once in your time...:rock:
 
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IndianaVol said:
And a fine day to you too sir...I am glad you got to see/touch/feel that wonderful spirit at least in once in your time...:rock:
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That wonderful spirit is like every day cause HE gave a promise that HE would never leave or abandoned us. HE promised to be as close as the air we breath.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
I gave you a "like" and all I can say is keep on keeping on dude. There's not too many of you types that still go "all out" or nothing for God & for that I take my :hi: off to you sir. One day I will tell you of a story about an angel I came in contact with that came to my aid when I was in distress. Merry Christmas to you sir.
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I, too, celebrate Christmas every day as well. Why? Well, the very very very short of this long complicated story is (1) my hubby got hurt while on active duty during the Iraqi War in 2007. (2) The after results--a stroke, additional traumatic brain complications that required 5 subsequent brain surgeries where he nearly died twice while on the operating table and once in the ICU, long lonely days in the ICU's of Jackson-Madison County General, Vanderbilt, and finally the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. I spent Christmas Day 2007 in Chicago away from friends and family all alone so far from home looking at my comatose hubby. During that hospitalization, I met an angel. I met a UT Alum social worker who went out of his way to make me feel like I had some connections to home. Every day he was at work, he went out of his way to stop by my husband's room to check on us. There wasn't a need that I had that he didn't follow through to make it happen. (3) On the day when I was finally able to bring hubby home, this young man escorted us from the room to the transport and called to make sure we made it safely home and if we needed anything.

VN in the midst of all of the coaching outcry, just thought I'd share why Christmas is everyday in our little house here in Jackson, TN, and why Rocky Top will always be... "it's because of the great people who came through UT!!!"

MERRY CHRISTMAS!​
 
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o3marine52 said:
Merry Christmas. I do not believe in being sensitive to others (in fact I hate that word) or tollerant of their feelings, as you see intodays society, they are not tollerant in the least towards Christianity. As long as the mesaage and the meaning is heartfelt, then what does it matter. Not condeming your statment in the least just had to make my own. Merry Christmas.
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Ben Stein is Jewish and he agrees with you. As do I. Here is a quote from Ben.

Next confession: I am a Jew and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish, and it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautifully lit-up, bejeweled trees "Christmas Trees"

STEIN: I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are — Christmas trees. It doesn't bother me a bit when people say 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they're slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. I shows that we're all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year.

It doesn't bother me one bit that there's a manger scene on display at a key intersection at my beach house in Malibu.

STEIN: If people want a creche, fine. The menorah a few hundred yards away is fine, too. I do not like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way. Where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and aren't allowed to worship God as we understand him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we used to know went to.
 
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Insunseri said:
"Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"? I go with "happy holidays" if I'm talking to a stranger...I'm not gonna just assume that they celebrate xmas. I see it like this...what if jewish people sincerely wished you and everyone else "happy hannukah" each year. You'd think they're being a little presumptious, right? Anyway, I won't derail this thread any further. Happy holidays folks (hope I said that right)
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If I wished someone Merry Christmas and they replied with "and Happy Hannukah to you" I would not have the first problem. But if they were to reply with an atheistic insult, it would piss me off. Saying Merry Christmas to someone that doesn't believe in Christ or to someone Jewish isn't an insult. Hurling an insult at someone BECAUSE they wish you a Merry Christmas on the other hand is simply rude at the very least. Stop being PC and believe in something.
 
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