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I grew up in rural Idaho where we would go out around my birthday (December 15th) and cut down our own tree in the woods.
When I got married and had kids, I continued the tradition until they became teens and then we went to a combination of artificial and Boy Scout lot live trees.
Now that I live in a house alone, I don't get a tree but do put up lights and decorations. Was talking to a fellow Believer and he quoted Jeremiah 10:1-5 as to why he doesn't put up a tree in his home...
1Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel. 2This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. 3For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 4They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. 5Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, 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."
Just wondering if others here do live trees or artificial trees, or any tree at all...
When I got married and had kids, I continued the tradition until they became teens and then we went to a combination of artificial and Boy Scout lot live trees.
Now that I live in a house alone, I don't get a tree but do put up lights and decorations. Was talking to a fellow Believer and he quoted Jeremiah 10:1-5 as to why he doesn't put up a tree in his home...
1Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel. 2This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. 3For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 4They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. 5Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, 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."
Just wondering if others here do live trees or artificial trees, or any tree at all...