I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone have any ideas for reusing them?

On 10/28/2013 10:11 PM, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone have any ideas for reusing them?




Christmas decorations?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS85K...ature=youtu.be

Phone your local catholic church Bishop's office and find out if any of the churches in your area hold rummage sales. Donate them to a rummage sale.

My local church held rummage sales for years, and I used to contribute lots of stuff that tenants left behind. The problem was that they received so much junk that no one wanted. They would give all that stuff to GoodWill, but GoodWill found they couldn't sell it either, so they stopped taking it. Long story short, the church stopped their rummage sales because for every pound of stuff they could sell, they got 100 pounds of stuff they could neither sell nor give away.

For example, one tenant left behind an 8 mm movie projector about 10 years ago. But, who takes movies on 8 mm film any more? Even 10 years ago 8 mm movie tape was obsolete technology that no one wanted. Ditto for vinyl LP's, 8-track tapes; VHS and Beta video recorders, old computers, CRT monitors, 5 1/4 inch diskettes, dot matrix printers, Black and white TV's, etc. The rummage sales were full of stuff like that, but you can't give that stuff away. It was a waste of time and resources to dispose of it all.

On 10/28/2013 11:11 PM, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy
canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A
couple are solid, most are hollow transparent
plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to
Goodwill, does anyone have any ideas for reusing them?

Look for a field of three foot tall shephards
abiding in their fields? It's almost the right
season. Merry Christmas.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

philo* wrote in :

On 10/28/2013 10:11 PM, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old
Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow
transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone
have any ideas for reusing them?




Christmas decorations?


OMG a prophet!! :-)

" wrote in
:

I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old
Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow
transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone
have any ideas for reusing them?

Well I have an idea. Pictures would be priceless :-)

On Monday, October 28, 2013 10:11:04 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside. Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone have any ideas for reusing them?

OK for Christmas decorations, but I need some ideas. I cold just scatter them about in the front yard, but I relly think some sort of theme or structured basis would be better.

On 10/28/13 10:11 PM, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old
Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow
transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone
have any ideas for reusing them?


Well, clocks have twelve numbers on them. Are you into clock
making?
Of course, only people over 30 or so could read them.

On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:15:23 AM UTC-7, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 10/28/2013 11:11 PM, wrote:

I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy

canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A

couple are solid, most are hollow transparent

plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.



Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to

Goodwill, does anyone have any ideas for reusing them?



Look for a field of three foot tall shephards

abiding in their fields? It's almost the right

season. Merry Christmas.



--

.

Christopher A. Young

Learn about Jesus

www.lds.org

.
Shepherds were NOT abiding in the fields in the middle of winter. They would have been "abiding in the fields" in the spring, which is when Jesus was probably born. However, the Church took over the Winter Solstice and converted it to its own use, just as it converted thousands of pagan wells, shrines, festivals to its own use.

As primitive humans saw the days getting shorter, they feared that the Sun would disappear and they would die. So every belief system (religion) has come up with some kind of event aimed at pleading with the Sun not to disappear. Christmas, Hanukah, Diwali, and many, many other "festivals" take place around the Winter Solstice.

On Monday, October 28, 2013 11:11:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.



Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone have any ideas for reusing them?

We need war so I can shove them up your goddamned capitalist ass.

I understand what you're saying, but people living 2000 years ago were of equal intelligence to people today. They knew from past experience that the days got shorter in the winter and longer in the summer, and had no more genuine concern that the days would continue to get shorter until the Sun stopped rising than we do today.

The festivals they held back then were no doubt to thank the Gods for restoring the Sun to shine for another year, but just like festivals nowadays, the reasons for having them really revolved around the fact that every one sincerely wanted to eat, drink and have a great time, not really so much to celebrate the fact that the world wasn't going to end after all.

Today, we celebrate Thanksgiving, to thank God for the bountiful harvest that we have reaped from our farms that will sustain us for the winter and into the new year. But, really, if that were the driving force behing Thanksgiving, it would be mostly only farmers would celebrate it. Instead, everyone celebrates Thanksgiving, including the fishermen on the east and west coats and the cattle ranchers in Alberta, Montana and Wyoming. And so, it's a safe bet that the real driving force behind Thanksgiving is the big Thanksgiving Day meal that everyone looks forward to. A time to really pig out on some good eats.

I expect you had a similar level of "hypocracy" with the Winter solstice festivals 2000 years ago. Officially, it was to celebrate the Sun coming back for another year, but unofficially it marked the end of one year and the beginning of another year, and that in itself was good enough reason to party.

An awful lot has changed in 2000 years, but people haven't changed one bit.

On 10/29/2013 9:37 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
Shepherds were NOT abiding in the fields in the middle of winter. They would have been "abiding in the fields" in the spring, which is when Jesus was probably born. However, the Church took over the Winter Solstice and converted it to its own use, just as it converted thousands of pagan wells, shrines, festivals to its own use.

As primitive humans saw the days getting shorter, they feared that the Sun would disappear and they would die. So every belief system (religion) has come up with some kind of event aimed at pleading with the Sun not to disappear. Christmas, Hanukah, Diwali, and many, many other "festivals" take place around the Winter Solstice.


Millions of children will cry all day,
because you cancelled Christmas on them.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

On 10/30/2013 2:32 AM, nestork wrote:

'Higgs Boson[_2_ Wrote:
;3141307']
Shepherds were NOT abiding in the fields in the middle of winter. They
would have been "abiding in the fields" in the spring, which is when
Jesus was probably born. However, the Church took over the Winter
Solstice and converted it to its own use, just as it converted thousands
of pagan wells, shrines, festivals to its own use.

As primitive humans saw the days getting shorter, they feared that the
Sun would disappear and they would die. So every belief system
(religion) has come up with some kind of event aimed at pleading with
the Sun not to disappear. Christmas, Hanukah, Diwali, and many, many
other "festivals" take place around the Winter Solstice.


I expect you had a similar level of "hypocracy" with the Winter solstice
festivals 2000 years ago. Officially, it was to celebrate the Sun
coming back for another year, but unofficially it marked the end of one
year and the beginning of another year, and that in itself was good
enough reason to party.

An awful lot has changed in 2000 years, but people haven't changed one
bit.

Is Higgs that old? Really?

Agree, people haven't changed that much. Some of the
same Bible characters can be seen now days.


--
..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

Higgs Boson writes:
On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:15:23 AM UTC-7, Stormin Mormon wrote:

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Shepherds were NOT abiding in the fields in the middle of winter.

The average overnight low temperature in Jerusalem in December is 54 degrees F.

On 10/29/2013 07:32 PM, wrote:
On Monday, October 28, 2013 10:11:04 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside. Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone have any ideas for reusing them?

OK for Christmas decorations, but I need some ideas. I cold just scatter them about in the front yard, but I relly think some sort of theme or structured basis would be better.


I have some of those (plastic candy canes), which I want to put LED
lights in. I've already done the reindeer (put LED lights on them).

--
56 days until The winter celebration (Wed 25 Dec, 2013 12:00 AM for 1
day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us

"Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them."
[Voltaire]

OK, even if I put lights in them, which I can do, then what do I do with the lighted candy canes, string them across the front of the house, or what?

Maybe put lights in them, and THEN give them to your local church rummage sale.

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:18:38 AM UTC-7, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Higgs Boson writes:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:15:23 AM UTC-7, Stormin Mormon wrote:



.

Shepherds were NOT abiding in the fields in the middle of winter.



The average overnight low temperature in Jerusalem in December is 54 degrees F.

But the "shepherds abiding in the fields" were at altitude in Jerusalem, which is much colder than the lowlands and sometimes has snow.

(There was a huge snowstorm a few years ago where many snow-laden trees were snapped off at the base. Typical of lousy city planning the world over, the wrong trees were planted -- shallow root systems.)

ISTR that Bethlehem was supposed to be Jesus' birthplace (actually, historical research has proved that it was Nazareth).

However, in the interests of research g

http://bethlehem-israel.info/weather-forecast/

and

http://www.weather2travel.com/decemb...l/nazareth.php

If I were a shepherd abiding in the fields, I would choose the warmest set-up with the most pasturage. Which would be in the Spring, at lambing season, where shepherds need to be alert for lambing problems.

Here's a note (from a Messianic site) that bears out this logical suggestion.

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by, keeping watch over their flocks at night" (Luke 2:8, NIV).

Whilst many commentators who have remarked on the impossibility of Messiah being born on 25 December because of the shepherds have opted for an autumnal birth, they have invariably overlooked one vital piece of information which in my opinion gives us an important key to a spring birth for the Messiah, namely the fact that spring is the lambing season. In Israel and in surrounding nations lambing occurs over a two week period from late March to early April. During this season the flocks require the constant attention of their shepherds, who keep careful watch over their sheep and their newborn for their own safety. At no other time of the year are shepherds so closely tied to their flocks.

Whilst it is true that the flocks are also under the shepherds' watchcare during the summer and autumnal/fall months as well (they are outdoors from late March to early November), it is by no means as demanding as in the lambing season when predators are more likely to exploit the vunerability of both sheep and lambs. We should also recall the prophetic events surrounding Yah'shua's (Jesus') birth and how it was that Herod the Great, that human predator, attempted to massacre all the newborn children of Bethlehem following Messiah's reported birth (Matt.2:16-20).

Considering how the seasons of the year affect the behaviour of the sheep and the shepherds, it seems reasonable to conclude that the shepherds in the Judean hills would be "keeping watch over their flocks at night" in the spring and that, therefore, spring was a likely time for the birth of Messiah.. The early morning of 6 April falls during the lambing season.

HB

On 11/4/2013 8:19 AM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 10/28/2013 10:11 PM, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old
Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow
transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone
have any ideas for reusing them?

popsicle

Sell them on Craigslist as holiday dildos. ^_^

TDD
Now I need a loose woman named Candy, and I will
cane her. Eeek! I've, !! I've got to go to confession,
now. You dirty old man!

--
..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

On 10/28/2013 10:11 PM, wrote:
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old
Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow
transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside.

Before I throw them out, or maybe give them to Goodwill, does anyone
have any ideas for reusing them?

popsicle

Sell them on Craigslist as holiday dildos. ^_^

TDD

On 10/30/2013 1:32 AM, nestork wrote:


I expect you had a similar level of "hypocracy" with the Winter solstice
festivals 2000 years ago. Officially, it was to celebrate the Sun
coming back for another year, but unofficially it marked the end of one
year and the beginning of another year, and that in itself was good
enough reason to party.

Ah, but not every culture in every era treats the winter solstice as
the end of the year/start of the new year. For many Asian cultures, it
is based on the lunar calendar. Even for Western societies the date
has not always been in mid-winter.
European countries in the middle ages celebrated the New Year at the
spring equinox. A remnant of that tradition continues in April Fools
Day. After the change to celebrating the New Year on January 1st,
people celebrating January 1st as the new year made fun of those
foolish people who continued to celebrate the new year as starting in
the spring.

An awful lot has changed in 2000 years, but people haven't changed one
bit.

Despite our instinctive belief that 'traditional' means unchanged,
even traditions change over time. Reading up on the evolution of
Christmas into a family-centered holiday, and the customary practices
in the US of celebrating of Halloween reveal how comparatively recent
many such 'traditional' holiday practices are. In a nutshell, the
primary driver of developing new practices (or evolving customary
ones) centered on making both holidays more children-friendly. That
had the beneficial effect of making both holidays good for business as
well, by spurring demand for goods associated with the holiday (candy,
costumes, decorations, and gifts).

On Monday, November 4, 2013 8:42:19 AM UTC-8, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 10/30/2013 1:32 AM, nestork wrote:





I expect you had a similar level of "hypocracy" with the Winter solstice

festivals 2000 years ago. Officially, it was to celebrate the Sun

coming back for another year, but unofficially it marked the end of one

year and the beginning of another year, and that in itself was good

enough reason to party.



Ah, but not every culture in every era treats the winter solstice as

the end of the year/start of the new year. For many Asian cultures, it

is based on the lunar calendar. Even for Western societies the date

has not always been in mid-winter.

European countries in the middle ages celebrated the New Year at the

spring equinox. A remnant of that tradition continues in April Fools

Day. After the change to celebrating the New Year on January 1st,

people celebrating January 1st as the new year made fun of those

foolish people who continued to celebrate the new year as starting in

the spring.



An awful lot has changed in 2000 years, but people haven't changed one

bit.



Despite our instinctive belief that 'traditional' means unchanged,

even traditions change over time. Reading up on the evolution of

Christmas into a family-centered holiday, and the customary practices

in the US of celebrating of Halloween reveal how comparatively recent

many such 'traditional' holiday practices are. In a nutshell, the

primary driver of developing new practices (or evolving customary

ones) centered on making both holidays more children-friendly. That

had the beneficial effect of making both holidays good for business as

well, by spurring demand for goods associated with the holiday (candy,

costumes, decorations, and gifts).

You hit that one on the head! Chistmas used to be a religious holyday for Christians (or at least SOME Christians; the early Pilgrims to America forebade its celebration!).

In the late 19th Century, British entrpreneurs began a very successful marketing campaign to transform Christmas into a gift-giving bonanza for (their) fun & profit. So now we have stressed, frustrated shoppers running down to the drugstore to pick up a last-minute [gift]. Stores display Christmas decorations & gifts earlier each year, even before Thanksgiving. You can't blame them, since the market has become so distorted that some stores nust count on 1/3 of their annual sales during the "Christmas season".

Wonder what the Subject would have thought of all this hoo-hah. As the bumper sticker proclaims: WWJT/D.

HB

On 11/4/2013 2:48 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Monday, November 4, 2013 8:42:19 AM UTC-8, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 10/30/2013 1:32 AM, nestork wrote:





I expect you had a similar level of "hypocracy" with the Winter solstice

festivals 2000 years ago. Officially, it was to celebrate the Sun

coming back for another year, but unofficially it marked the end of one

year and the beginning of another year, and that in itself was good

enough reason to party.



Ah, but not every culture in every era treats the winter solstice as

the end of the year/start of the new year. For many Asian cultures, it

is based on the lunar calendar. Even for Western societies the date

has not always been in mid-winter.

European countries in the middle ages celebrated the New Year at the

spring equinox. A remnant of that tradition continues in April Fools

Day. After the change to celebrating the New Year on January 1st,

people celebrating January 1st as the new year made fun of those

foolish people who continued to celebrate the new year as starting in

the spring.



An awful lot has changed in 2000 years, but people haven't changed one

bit.



Despite our instinctive belief that 'traditional' means unchanged,

even traditions change over time. Reading up on the evolution of

Christmas into a family-centered holiday, and the customary practices

in the US of celebrating of Halloween reveal how comparatively recent

many such 'traditional' holiday practices are. In a nutshell, the

primary driver of developing new practices (or evolving customary

ones) centered on making both holidays more children-friendly. That

had the beneficial effect of making both holidays good for business as

well, by spurring demand for goods associated with the holiday (candy,

costumes, decorations, and gifts).

You hit that one on the head! Chistmas used to be a religious holyday for Christians (or at least SOME Christians; the early Pilgrims to America forebade its celebration!).

In the late 19th Century, British entrpreneurs began a very successful marketing campaign to transform Christmas into a gift-giving bonanza for (their) fun & profit. So now we have stressed, frustrated shoppers running down to the drugstore to pick up a last-minute [gift]. Stores display Christmas decorations & gifts earlier each year, even before Thanksgiving. You can't blame them, since the market has become so distorted that some stores nust count on 1/3 of their annual sales during the "Christmas season".

Wonder what the Subject would have thought of all this hoo-hah. As the bumper sticker proclaims: WWJT/D.

HB


Perhaps you and some like minded folks should form The Grinch Terrorist
Group. You can blow up Christmas parades, chop down Christmas trees,
vandalize and burn nativity scenes, etc. It would be epic, the effect
would be amazing. There would be a Neighborhood Grinch Watch, there
would be roaming bands of armed federal troops stopping anyone with a
Christmas present, tearing the package open and scattering the contents
to make sure it's not a GTG bomb. Every Christmas season there would be
roadblocks with machine gun armed police wearing Santa and Elf hats,
stopping and searching every vehicle to make sure it's not a GTG car
bomb. You and those of your ilk could change society forever. ^_^

TDD