It's Crop week!

This is my favorite snippet of this bit scripture from a classic Christmas story.
Linus, providing a dramatic reading for Charlie Brown. Priceless!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZw06AbW6Vw

Yep. However, 1 appeared to them with the good news, then the heavenly host appeared. I've heard some people try to figure out how many a host was, but as the Bible doesn't specifically say, we're going with "a host".

As I'm having to work overtime, I'm going to suspend the questions until later. Unless, anyone else wants to ask a question. Maybe about what your challenge has to do with.

Okay, last question of the day. . .(sorry, I got to work before the sun came up and left after it went down. I'm exhausted.)

What country started the decorate your evergreen tree with cookies thing?

This is strictly a guess-Germany.

Ellie wrote:This is strictly a guess-Germany.

Ellie, I thought that, too. Actually found it on the web, "In the German-speaking countries... the tree is put up on December 24 and taken down after New Years or on January 6, known as "Twelfth Night." A part of the tradition of taking down the tree is the "Plündern," raiding the tree of cookies and sugar plums, an event, anxiously awaited by the children." (Love that word... Plundern! I can identify with it, too!)

However, a little later in the article, the following was noted, "The first report of a decorated tree is from Strassburg in the Alsace. A traveler writes about the 1605 Christmas...''Trees were decorated with roses made from colored paper, apples, wafers, yellow mica, sugar.'"
So, looks like France might be the correct answer!

The article is actually full of all kinds of fun facts.
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.co ... istory.htm

Here's a question for the group. And, if you are of Norwegian heritage, you probably know if without any research.
What is the name of the fish delicacy that is part of the traditional Norski Christmas meal in the Midwest?
(Hint- It smells like tuna fish and Limburger cheese. Gnarly stuff!)
And, extra points if you can tell us how it obtained its unusual texture!

It is Germany, though the French decorating sounds good, too.

First thing that comes to mind is Lutefisk, not sure on the spelling. I know it's cured with water, lye and water, then more water. Pretty sure it's texture is called "gelatinous", though that sounds like it would be a slimy blob of fish. Kathy, if I'm right, do you like it?

What do Christmas lights represent?