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to accept. One statement about the Christmas

tree says, "The Christmas tree is a direct

descendent of the Paradise Tree used in

Paradise and Passion plays in the Middle

Ages. These mystery plays were put on all

across Europe. One of the most popular was

the Paradise Play, which was the story of

Adam and Eve and the two trees. The play

ended with the promise of the coming Savior,

Genesis 3:15.” And it says that the Paradise

Tree was adorned with apples.

In our time in which we live, there are

millions of healthy, perfectly good trees that

are sacrificed around this time of year. I was

going to preach Friday night, and I saw two

tied on top of an SUV. They died because of

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