tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post8482945764637342897..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Christmas EveGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-6877071486360913992016-12-26T11:49:40.718-05:002016-12-26T11:49:40.718-05:00No doubt the tree next Christmas will be very nice...No doubt the tree next Christmas will be very nice! But I have finished only a handful of ornaments this year, so we stuck with purple ribbons during Advent, switching to red ribbons on Christmas Eve. The rainbow trout is nearly done, though, so I'll post a picture of it soon.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-1677768619984138552016-12-26T10:00:55.879-05:002016-12-26T10:00:55.879-05:00I thought as much, but also thought I'd make s...I thought as much, but also thought I'd make sure. How'd the tree come out? I'd like to see it if you have a picture.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-63287868162334428312016-12-25T18:19:54.732-05:002016-12-25T18:19:54.732-05:00I didn't think you were criticizing, and I was...I didn't think you were criticizing, and I was joking. :-) We do have at least one altar guild person who tends to get hung up on this kind of thing, but I can handle her. Everyone else has the classic Episcopalian "whatever" approach, so easily discernable from the kind of service music they're prepared to tolerate. Being in the SW of the country, my congregation is actually on the conservative side of things doctrinally, but liturgically we rarely get hung up.<br />Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-55352616379837942782016-12-25T15:11:19.842-05:002016-12-25T15:11:19.842-05:00Tex, I wasn't intending to criticize. I just w...Tex, I wasn't intending to criticize. I just wasn't familiar with Chrismons and looked it up on Wikipedia, and that's what they had over there. Wikipedia entries probably won't become canon law until the Millenials take over the Church, so I think you're clear. And what you're doing is lovely.<br /><br />I grew up trout fishing with my father, so I have a very strong mental association there and the idea of using rainbow trout for a Christmas ornament mixed two things I'd never mixed before, but it makes perfect sense. The fish is an ancient symbol of Christianity, and why <i>not</i> rainbow trout? I actually think my dad would love it.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90643138651832198342016-12-24T22:21:31.713-05:002016-12-24T22:21:31.713-05:00When I commercial fished, every once in a while we...When I commercial fished, every once in a while we would get a shark hanging around looking for a free lunch- we pulled up a lot of salmon that looked just like your unfinished ornament! ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-44945338290605813322016-12-24T21:37:50.607-05:002016-12-24T21:37:50.607-05:00I suppose you'll tell me now that the fish in ...I suppose you'll tell me now that the fish in the parable of the loaves and fishes (or is it the story about "Follow me and be a fisher of men"?) weren't rainbow trout? I figure it's a fish and a fish is a Chrismon, so that's my story. But next I may do a naturalistic descending dove in mostly white and gold and subtle iridescent gray dove colors. I couldn't possibly tell you any differences between Middle Eastern and North American doves. I wonder how hard it will be to find a photo of a dove in steep diving mode? Will I have to use a hawk and modify its shape and colors?<br /><br />A quick poll at church tonight revealed that no one's aware we're supposed to stick to white and gold. I think these will be fine. Episcopalians are flexible to a fault.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-23919906784012353912016-12-24T12:15:37.467-05:002016-12-24T12:15:37.467-05:00Are you actually going to put a trout on your Chri...Are you actually going to put a trout on your Christmas tree? That's kinda neat. I'm now imagining a tree decorated with ornaments of trout and deer, fly fishing and hunting gear. Hmmm ... Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-45877364940621411932016-12-24T12:09:29.857-05:002016-12-24T12:09:29.857-05:00It's a developing tradition. ;-)It's a <i>developing</i> tradition. ;-)Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-62219185220956424062016-12-24T11:45:37.411-05:002016-12-24T11:45:37.411-05:00Uh oh, I didn't realize I was drifting beyond ...Uh oh, I didn't realize I was drifting beyond the tradition in adding all the colors! I thought it was mostly about the shapes. Hmmm. Well, I doubt anyone will mind, or even notice.<br />Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-68622309112515384502016-12-24T11:17:03.314-05:002016-12-24T11:17:03.314-05:00Nice. Rainbow are my favorite adversaries come fis...Nice. Rainbow are my favorite adversaries come fishing season. Very tasty.<br /><br />I don't think I'd ever seen the word Chrismon before. Interesting stuff from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree#Chrismon_tree" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /><br /><i>A "Chrismon tree" is a Christmas tree decorated with explicitly Christian symbols in white and gold. First introduced by North American Lutherans in 1957, the practice has rapidly spread to other Christian denominations,[64] including Anglicans, Catholics, Methodists, and the Reformed.</i><br /><br /><i>"Chrismon" (plural "Chrismons") was adopted for the type of Christmas decoration and explained as a portmanteau of "CHRISt-MONOgram" (a Christogram).</i><br /><br />Interestingly, the word can also refer to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signum_manus" rel="nofollow">"signum manus"</a>:<br /><br /><i>Signum magnus refers to the medieval practice, current from the Merovingian period until the 14th century in the Frankish Empire and its successors, of signing a document or charter with a special type of monogram or royal cypher.</i><br /><br /><i>The term Chrismon was introduced in New Latin specifically as a term for the Chi Rho monogram. As this symbol was used in Merovingian documents at the starting point of what would diversify into the tradition of "cross-signatures", German scholarship of the 18th century extended use of the term Chrismon to the entire field. In medievalist paleography and Diplomatik (ars diplomaticae, i.e. the study of documents or charters), the study of these signatures or sigils was known as Chrismologia or Chrismenlehre, while the study of cross variants was known as Staurologia.</i><br /><br />There are several interesting examples, including Charlemagne's, in the article there as well.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-20034784945898376332016-12-24T10:52:15.875-05:002016-12-24T10:52:15.875-05:00By the way, I would be thrilled to pay someone to ...By the way, I would be thrilled to pay someone to paint my house. I expect it'll be my brother in law, though, as he does that in the summers. We just had a roof put on. Next year: driveway repairs, and replacing the boards on the deck out back.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-59044686657642042662016-12-24T10:45:12.286-05:002016-12-24T10:45:12.286-05:00Apparently he though I was likely to get started, ...<i>Apparently he though I was likely to get started, drift around, get interested in other projects, and leave it 90% complete for a long time. Men can be so unfair.</i><br /><br />Your husband is a wise man.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com