<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post1999620527830046397..comments</id><updated>2007-12-17T10:00:29.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The North Eastern Corner: Masonic Symbolism and Christmas, The Tree</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenortheasterncorner.com/feeds/1999620527830046397/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2868929508219223321/1999620527830046397/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenortheasterncorner.com/2007/12/masonic-symbolism-and-christmas-tree.html'/><author><name>M.M.M. From the North Eastern Corner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04256800876052840450</uri><email>thenortheasterncorner@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-993937225771020305</id><published>2007-12-17T10:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-17T10:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas trees are much, much older than Christ.J...</title><content type='html'>Christmas trees are much, much older than Christ.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jeremiah 10:2-4: "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." (KJV).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They have always had a divine magic to them.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2868929508219223321/1999620527830046397/comments/default/993937225771020305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2868929508219223321/1999620527830046397/comments/default/993937225771020305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenortheasterncorner.com/2007/12/masonic-symbolism-and-christmas-tree.html?showComment=1197903600000#c993937225771020305' title=''/><author><name>Royce Myers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01439440362000866671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thenortheasterncorner.com/2007/12/masonic-symbolism-and-christmas-tree.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868929508219223321.post-1999620527830046397' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2868929508219223321/posts/default/1999620527830046397' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>