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Does the Bible condemn Christmas trees? Some think so. And they cite Jeremiah 10:1-4 as proof. But here’s three reasons why that won’t work.

First, the context of Jeremiah 10 makes it clear that this is about carved idols, not Christmas trees. When you read the entire chapter (which you should do, right now!), it becomes obvious that Jeremiah is contrasting pagan idols—false gods—made by the craftsman and the goldsmith (v. 3, 9, 14) and Yahweh—the true God—who made the heavens and the earth (v. 12, 16).

Folks, context matters. The only way to find a Christmas tree in Jeremiah 10 is to read it into the text and completely ignore the context. That’s not good Bible study.

Second, the description in Jeremiah 10 fits a handcrafted idol, not a Christmas tree. After the tree is cut down, it is “worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman (v. 3). Notice the wood is being carved into something, which is exactly how an idol gets made.

Later in verse 8, Jeremiah says these idols “are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!” In verse 5, the idol is compared to a scarecrow, which has a mouth and legs but cannot talk or walk. Again, this fits a description of an impotent idol that may have human features like a mouth or legs, but can’t actually do anything. This is certainly not the description of a Christmas tree.

Third, reading a Christmas tree into Jeremiah 10 is anachronistic. An anachronism is attributing a custom, event, or object to a time period where it doesn’t belong. There is no evidence that Christmas trees date back to a pagan ritual in Jeremiah’s day. The best evidence we have traces Christmas trees back to the Middle Ages. So, reading Christmas trees into the time of the prophet Jeremiah won’t work.

Jeremiah 10 is not talking about Christmas trees.

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