[Elsie]

How can one put up a Christmas tree after reading this??

Because most folks would READ THE WHOLE CONTEXT?

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Jeremiah 10

1 Hear what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel.
2 This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."

[CatherineofAragon]

Thank you for that. It’s the same Scripture someone used once to accuse me of worshiping my Christmas tree.