The two most popular explanations of origin are that the belief goes back to pagan times when we believed in tree spirits, or that we are invoking Christ’s protection by referring to the wood of the Cross. The former is nothing but guesswork, based on the conviction that all superstitions must be ancient, and it has the usual problem of spanning thousands of years with no evidence at all of its existence, or, for that matter, any evidence that ‘we’ ever believed in tree spirits.
Other fans, like Sasha Stinger, feel it is time for the festival to expand.
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第五十三条 纳税人实施不具有合理商业目的的安排而减少、免除、推迟缴纳增值税税款,或者提前退税、多退税款的,税务机关可以依照《中华人民共和国税收征收管理法》和有关行政法规的规定予以调整。