2015 TWSS Wishlist

I can see that! I got lucky with mine. Found their instagram page too muawahahaha

 

Shirt Size Medium, Love tacoma swag

I like craft beer, Would love a 50'' radius light bar. Want to go to a dual battery setup

I bird hunt, Like all kinds of animal calls

Die hard skiier

Love tools, could really use a torque wrench

Stickers

Rear OME shocks

Remote starter

I will ad more as I think

I honestly would be happy with anything, just graduated in may, struggling to find a job where I live, thank god I have an awesome girlfriend who loves the tacoma almost as much as she loves me

 

Howdy don't want to ask for a bunch of expensive stuff or spell it out for my giftee... but here's a few pointers. Also if you lurk in my build thread you should be able to get a general idea of my wants/needs
Men's Size Medium
Love TW Vendor Swag
Always could use more recovery gear or expo stuff
Hunting, camping, snowboarding (my mittens are torn )
Stickers
Local brew
I've also had my eye on getting a prinsu to put on max trax knock offs and one of those plano gun cases if you want to do something crazy lol

 

did ya know its not really santas bday? lol just wondering

 

hmm, never heard that?heard of it being christs bday but never santas? weird

 

What? I thought this was a Super Stalin celebration.

 

Santa died for our presents

 

wow I don't believe I like this conversation no more.have fun guys.im outta here.

 

Just need to teach them the real story of Christmas..

 

I guess so,thank you

 

I'll just leave this here....

 

Yea no worries brother..

 

I vote blue zombie

 

Agreed, it's about Jesus and the Israelites committing genocide in the name of God in order to give themselves a homeland, then repurposing a pagan holiday to be christian so that it would be easier and more convenient come conversion time having invaded/forcibly-cross-bred with the pagans.

 

Lol. Being offending is the new trend.

 

The main part of the Christmas Story, the birth of Jesus! But why was Jesus born in such unusual suroundings?

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:1-7

The census that was ordered by Caesar Augustus was the first of its kind. It was done because the Roman government wanted to make sure that everyone in the Empire was paying their taxes correctly. The census was carried out all over Empire (most of Europe): but in Palestine, it was carried out in a Jewish way rather than a Roman way. This meant that families had to register in the their historical tribal town rather than where they lived. This also meant that Joseph and the very pregnant Mary would have had to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem, as this was town that Joseph's family (the royal family of David) originally came from - a journey of about 70 miles (112 kilometres).

It might have been quite good for the family to go to Bethlehem as no one there knew them, so people would not have talked about the fact that they were not married. It's also possible that Joseph had distant relations in Bethlehem, but they still wouldn't have know Mary and Joseph very closely.

The journey would have taken about three days and they might well have arrived in the evening, because if they had arrived earlier in the day, it is more likely that they would have found somewhere to stay.

In those times, there weren't really such things as motels or inns, you normally would have stayed with some extended family or relations. A more accurate translation of 'inn' would be 'guest room'. You would normally stay with extended family in their ‘guest room’ but as it was a busy time the guest room was already full.

Most houses would have been shared with the animals that the family kept. Houses had two levels, the upper/mezzanine level where people slept and the ground floor where the animals slept at night and the family lived during the day. The animals were a kind of 'central heating' at night keeping the house warm! The 'guest room' was often an area on the upper/mezzanine level or even a hut put on the flat roof of the house!

As many people would have traveled to Bethlehem for the census, all the houses, or certainly upper levels were full. Many people think that Jesus was probably born in September or October during Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, rather than during December. During the festival, Jews live outside in temporary shelters (the word 'tabernacle' come from a latin word meaning 'booth' or 'hut').

So Joseph and Mary probably had to sleep with the animals on the low level (where it’s common to have a manger cut into a wall where you put the animal food) or possibly (but unlikely) out in a stable, cave or even a covered market stall that sold animals (these stalls could be rented during tabernacles).

It was the custom in those times to wrap a new born baby very tightly in long bandages called swaddling clothes. The arms and legs of the baby were also wrapped, so they couldn't move. This was done because they thought it helped the baby to grow strong, straight limbs! And as no proper crib was available, the new baby boy was placed in a manger, or feeding trough.

This must have been an amazing scene, but was exactly how the angels had described things to the shepherds up on the hills surrounding Bethlehem!

The birth of Jesus probably didn't happen in the year 0AD but slightly earlier, in about 5, 6 or 7BC. The dates that we use now were set by Monks and religious leaders in the Middle Ages and before. It's also quite likely that Jesus was actually born in the autumn (during Tabernacles), not in the winter! It can get very cold in the winter in Israel and it is thought that the census would have most likely taken place during the spring or autumn, at a when many pilgrims, from all over the country, came to visit Jerusalem (which is about six miles from Bethlehem). Also during the winter, it's less likely that the shepherds would have been keeping sheep out on the hills (as those hills can get quite a lot of snow during winter sometimes!).
.. Not my fault that they may have changed dates..what matters is that I recognize that my savior was born!..

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9mDdDlKOKYk