Are Christmas Trees Pagan?

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Christmas Trees, Jeremiah 10, and the Claim That They Are Idols

Did you know Christmas trees are forbidden in the Bible? Jeremiah 10, 3 -4 says, for the customs of the people are vanity. A tree is cut down and worked by the hands of a craftsman. They decorate it with silver and gold.

What could that be but a Christmas tree? Well, verse 5 says it's describing an idol. And Christmas trees symbolize that we don't worship idols. The story goes that in the 8th century, a man named Boniface went throughout Germania sharing the gospel, a very dangerous mission.

He came upon a group of heathens who sacrificed babies to Thor under the thunder oak. Grieved by such barbarism, Boniface chopped down the tree and put an end to human sacrifice. The people were amazed Thor did not strike him down.

Upon the stump, Boniface declared that Jesus Christ is God and their pagan gods did not exist. He pointed to a small fir tree that pointed up to heaven, its leaves evergreen like the everlasting life we have in Christ.

No longer worship the false gods in the wild wood, he said, but worship the true God at home with family. That was the meaning of the first Christmas tree. So again, a Christmas tree is not pagan, it's a reminder that we used to be pagan.

Christian Testimony, Idols, and 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

Besides, there's no difference between having a Christmas tree and any other kind of plant. Whether you have a Christmas tree or not, let your testimony be that of 1 Thessalonians 1 9 -10, how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and the true God and to wait for his Son from heaven whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come, when we understand the text.