What the Bible says about Christmas trees

Jeremiah 10:2-8 (RSV)

Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, ³ for the customs of the peoples are false. A tree from the forest is cut down, and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. ⁴ Men deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move. ⁵ Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good." ⁶ There is none like thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. ⁷ Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? For this is thy due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like thee. ⁸ They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!

Now a Biblical defender of Christmas would point out that the jist of Jeremiah 10 is an attack on idolatry, not Christmas trees, per se. And as we all know, Christmas has nothing to do with idolatry.

I dare you to prove otherwise! :silly:

let's gather around the Yule log, and party!