X-Mas For The Birds

Our family, cats included, loves to watch the birds and squirrels in the yard. Keep you little furry and feathered friends happy this Christmas, by making them their own x-mas tree.

Step 1: Make the tree.

Ours is sort of a Charlie Brown X-mas tree on steroids.

You can definatly get a real X-mas tree and set it up, but we just had a big ice storm and lots of branches fell down in our yard. We figure, why waste them. My husband jammed them into an X-mas tree stand, tied them together and screwed the base to the deck.

Comments

[lcowper]

X as an abbreviation for Christ is taken from the Greek letter chi and dates back at least 1000 years. There are examples of its usage in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1021. It is not modern, it is not anti-Christian, it is not pagan, and it is not a commercial usage. It is and has always been from its introduction a proper, fitting abbreviation used in correspondence and theological writing by Christians learned in Greek, and features in many pieces of religious art, especially in the Orthodox Church.

Domestic_engineer, I do hope you were not discouraged by the hostility of an apparently uninformed fellow Christian. Your 'ible is lovely.

We have a couple of small pines growing in our front yard. I'll have to dig this out next Christmas season.

[triumphman]

Yes, XMAS is for the birds, CHRISTMAS is for us humans, it is the real spelling, so use it please!

[pivana]

Just beautiful! Hope the birds are singing too (not just eating)! ;)

[detamac]

this is so cute! i'd love to make some for party giveaways...how long do they last? how far in advance from the party can i make them?! thank you