Tuesday, December 20, 2005

2 new additions (from Finland)


Got these for you from Finland last week. A green tractor with a front end loader and an excavator - to add to your rubbish truck.


Quite excited. Christmas is round the corner again and this will be your second. I've decided I'm going to show you how to open your own presents. We are missing the christmas tree but that's okay I think. By the way, did you know that having a small evergreen tree (the christmas tree) in the house is a German tradition?

If you are wondering what christmas is, the word comes from the words Cristes Maesse which, means "Christ's Mass". Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus for members of the Christian religion.

Historians pegged the first celebration of Chrismas to Rome in 336AD. So, is Christmas really Jesus' birthday? No one really knows. What is known is that Christian leaders set it to this date in an attempt to eclipse a popular pagan holiday in Rome - Saturnalia - The winter solstice.

My advice? Believe in God and don't put that same faith on mankind.

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