The Christmas tree is not in the Bible, and no verse forbids it. Jeremiah 10:1–5, the passage most often quoted against it, describes something else: a tree cut down and worked by a craftsman into an idol, plated with silver and gold, nailed so it will not fall over, and carried because it cannot walk. The prophets put the whole difference between an idol and the living God into one picture. The idol has to be carried, and the Lord…

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