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Why not give him a bicycle, something he could have used. He did wander around Judea for nearly 33 years. A Bike would have come in handy, don’t you think?

Myrrh is a resin which was used in making perfumes, specifically perfume used to anoint the dead. The gift of myrrh was symbolic of what was to come in the future.

Frankincense was used in prayers and symbolizes Jesus’ divinity, and the gold was representative of Jesus being a king.

You forget the last gift by the fourth wise man, Chuck Norris. His gift was the beard, a gift Jesus proudly wore until his death. That, was definitely the best gift anyone could ever receive.

I mean gold that’s not to bad but frankincense and myrrh?Im sure a cuddly toy or baby clothes would have been more suitable.

They were probably from Wales…or they were Hearts fans ~ lol. : )
Just kidding people!

I have some frankincense tears and would like to release their scent; but I detest those charcoal blocks with potassium nitrate in them.

If you have some ideas to use frankincense tears without charcoal blocks let me know.

the method that works gets 10 points.

Frankincense Tears
https://www.herbalcraft.ca/index.php?productID=203
http://www.florame.co.uk/frankincenseessentialoil5ml-p-211.html

you could try placing in ceramic dish or fondue bowl, and use flame
http://www.gadgetstorm.com/product-2476-The_Mini_Fondue_Kit.html
http://www.gifttree.com/p3/6829/Fondue_for_Two-1.html

http://www.bestdealnutrition.com/candles%20incense%20and%20resins.htm

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I have done some research and found that it might be the same thing? Or at least is used for about the same thing? Is it the same thing?

I don’t get it

They’re not the same thing, they are two different trees. They’re both tree sap where a person would cut into the tree, let the sap collect and harden, then collect that harden sap. Both are commonly used for incense.

Is there any historical evidence that the three wise men ever existed? Sometimes they are referred to as kings? What counties did they come from? If the three kings believed in jesus, why is there no mention that their countries were some of the first nations to convert to christianity?

Some theologians believe the "magi" were kings of people that were descendants of the "lost tribes" of Israel. By the way, there were not three, the Bible does not say how many there were, some estimates are as high as 22. The "three" comes from the three kinds of gifts that happen to have been mentioned. Thanks for asking.

My understanding is that potentially all stars have planets orbiting around them. When the gravitational pull of the star is gone, what happens to the planets?

A shooting star is not a star. It is a tiny piece of dust, less than the size of a grain of sand, burning up in the upper atmosphere. These specks of dust come from comet trails, asteroid imapcts, etc and the solar system is littered with them. When they encounter Earth’s atmosphere their high speed causes great friction and heat, leading to them burning up in a spectacular bright streak across the sky.

So nothing happens to the planet, because there never were any planets around it in the first place.

Compare/Contrast the spirit of giving; of the characters in "The Gift of the Magi" to that of Boo Radley in "To Kill A Mockingbird".

We have to write an essay on this ;&& i have no idea where to start.
can someone give me some ideas Or maybe even a thesis statement. [with the thesis im sure i can get it from there]

I’d say because the best gift to Boo, would be no gift at all.

In the Gift of the Magi, they give the perfect gifts to each other, yet in order to give that perfect gift they sacrifice what makes their own received gift ideal, thus depriving the other of the joy of giving the perfect gift. (we’ll ignore the fact that hair grows back)

Thanking Boo publicly, giving him the gift of being a hero and making people acknowledge that he doesn’t deserve to be a pariah-freak is the same sort of contradiction, sort of. It would make the Finch family feel good, yet wouldn’t be a real gift to Boo.

It seems that right after Christmas that many kids get toys that they don’t need or want. Instead of returning them, someone could donate them to a child who didn’t get any toys on Christmas Day. There ARE twelve days of Christmas, after all (and eight days of Chanukah)! Moreover, since there are so many sales right after Christmas Day (like Boxing Day sales in Canada and the UK), people could get toys cheaper in order to donate more. I am in NYC and cannot seem to find a place to give a new gift to a needy child. Many Latin countries (Italy, Spain, Central and South America), celebrate Three Kings Day, another Christmastime holiday on January 6th, when gifts are given. The twelve days of Christmas end with the Feast of Epiphany also called "The Adoration of the Magi" or "The Manifestation of God." This could be another option for gift-giving.
By the way, why don’t Canadians and Americans start celebrating the season on Christmas Eve and end with Three Kings Day? There is all of this pre-holiday hype that begins right after Thanksgiving (and sometimes even before Halloween!), yet Christmas ends for most on Christmas Day, or maybe a couple of days of celebration afterwards if at all. Why not boycott the pre-holiday hype and shopping frenzy by returning to the traditional celebration of Christmas which ends with the Feast of the Epiphany/The Adoration of the Magi/The Manifestation of God — aka Three Kings Day (on January 6th)? It seems to me that this would make Christmas more of a genuine holiday.

You could donate your gift to the Ronald McDonald House or to a playroom at a Children’s Hospital.

We start Christmas on Dec. 6–the feast of St. Nicholas, with a small bag of chocolate coins, an orange, and some nuts left in their stockings. We also do a Saint Nick craft.

For Christmas Dec. 25–my girls get 3 small gifts from Santa Claus–mostly knick knacks. They got 2 puzzles each and a lite-brite refill this year. We also give them 3 gifts we know they would really like to have. This year the little one got some Little People and the older one got 3 video games–she has wanted since forever. They do get gifts from relatives, thankfully, everyone has tapered it down and our house is not exploding with toys on Christmas Day.

Come January 6th, when the 3 kings get to Bethlehem–we started their journey today. (We place the baby Jesus in the manger on Christmas). Then the angel travels to the kings. Each day we move them closer. On "3 Kings Day" we will have a cake called a Rosca de Reyes.–I’ve always meant to do this, but I never do. It is wreath shaped and has a baby Jesus in it. Whoever gets it has to throw a get together on February 2. Since it is just me, my dh, and my kids, I will throw the feast on Feb. 2 where we will eat tamales and drink atole. My Christmas tree usually comes down on January 7th. I will probably have to take it down the same day, but I will leave my nativity on the fireplace until February 2.

I’m trying to give my kids a very warm Christmas season. No rushing to shop–things like that. We have days where all we do is go see lights around town–the zoo, the college, the downtown square, certain neighborhoods and the county park. Then on other days, we will look at lights if we are out and about in different parts of town. We also do luminarias and plays and concerts. We pull out all the Christmas movies, cartoons and books. We visit family, we do midnight mass, ice skating in a tiny new mexico mountain village, and we do mexican traditional christmas foods.

I still have to do cookie baking and ornament making. Some people MUST celebrate Christmas on the 25th. That is what works for them, for me, I am just celebrating Christmas my way so that it will be enjoyable for me and my girls. Every year I get better at it–learn more traditions and Christmas history and I try to be more true to the season.

I was born in the U.S. along the Texas, Mexico, New Mexico border, so I have always celebrated a multi-faceted Christmas–a little religious, a little american, a little mexican, a little new mexican and a little texan. I just started a tradition of having ham on Christmas Day–very American–used to be tamales for me–but now I’ve found a better more traditional day to have them as a main course–February 2. Of course, take me a posada–Christmas play and I will always want for some chocolate and tamales to snack on!!

I hope you enjoy your Christmas Season. Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad. Oh yeah, don’t forget to eat some black-eyed peas for good luck on New Year’s!!

I’m trying to create a varnish that will go over an oil painting out of myrrh, so that the painting has the smell of myrrh. I could just rub the dry painting with myrrh oil, but I want to see if this is possible. I know that most of myrrh gum/resin will dissolve in alcohol, but that won’t sit on top of oxidized oil paint.

I have not used Myrrh before, but I have created varnishes, paints, and mediums on many occasions. As you know it can be used as a varnish by dissolving it in alcohol, to make a varnish suitable for oil paintings I would add oil to the mixture, or other options would be to include that mixture into other varnish recipes that you like.

Myrrh may dissolve in turpentine, one easy way to find out is to try it.