I have been told that I am way off base with this, but Im not so sure.
I believe that God told me to look into the traditions that men have established and determine if they originate from a true love of Christ or a vain love of self/creation.
As a Christian I find it disturbing that we dont celebrate even one of the holidays or Holy Days that God passed to the Jewish people.
This statement always brings me the same reply.
Well we are not bound by the law, so its not necessary to celebrate the days God told the Jews to celebrate.
Im sorry this makes no since to me at all. We are not bound by the law, but we should want to celebrate festivals that God put in place because we are his bride.
Instead, we hold on the vain traditions of men. (Most of which are carryovers of Pagan un-holidays.)
I come upon no scripture that tells me to celebrate Christmas, Easter (named after a Pagan false god), New Years Day, etc .
I come upon no scripture that tells me to put up a Christmas Tree, or anything like it.
In fact, I found one that I believe may .may ..be describing this practice in Jeremiah 10:3-5 and in context condemning it.
I also find many wonderful feasts that God gave to us in order to remember him and what he has done for us and the Jewish people in scripture.
However, we dont celebrate even one of the days that were ordained by God himself. I would like to but dont know how.
My whole family might string me up if I try to change our family traditions to more closely follow those that Jesus (Yeshua is his real name) observed.
I was just kicking around the idea in conversation at work, during lunch, and one lady told me that I would be abusing my children in her eyes if I did!
Jeremiah
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Now Ive been told that this is referring to graven images. However, no were in the Bible do I find a description of the action decking when referring to graven images.
All the instances of the action to deck refer to clothes, jewelry, and even ornaments!
All of which can be removed from the object that was decked.
In contrast, every instance of a Graven Image in the Bible indicates that they were covered in pure gold. Also the statement about a palm tree and its uprightness, seems to suggest that they are very tall and thin. This is not typical of graven images that are usually of calves, or other animals.
I dont think that description describes these types of images well.
Than there is the description in Jeremiah that the images speak not This description with regard to a tree is puzzling because one would not expect a tree to speak. But it could have been included in order to ride them of fear, cause lets fact it, if you didnt know what a Christmas Tree was and you saw it all lit up, decked with silver and Gold, and people putting presents at its feet. You might just begin to wonder if this crazy thing had some power or something and made these people bring it gifts as a sacrifice.
With that said I have also found in my research that there may also be some truth to the popular belief that Jeremiah was referring to wooden statues or something of the like.
Hosea 13:2 - And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
The highlighted statement if very close to the statement made in Jeremiah.
However, this one describes the men who perform this action as craftsmen where as Jeremiah refers to the men as workmen.
So now I want go to the Hebrew to see if I can figure out if these two descriptions of types of workers are the same in an effort to tie them together.
I do not have the proper reference material to find out if these descriptions are identical.
What do you think?
Am I crazy? 
Email me your thoughts aj_hass@hotmail.com
I believe that God told me to look into the traditions that men have established and determine if they originate from a true love of Christ or a vain love of self/creation.
As a Christian I find it disturbing that we dont celebrate even one of the holidays or Holy Days that God passed to the Jewish people.
This statement always brings me the same reply.
Well we are not bound by the law, so its not necessary to celebrate the days God told the Jews to celebrate.
Im sorry this makes no since to me at all. We are not bound by the law, but we should want to celebrate festivals that God put in place because we are his bride.
Instead, we hold on the vain traditions of men. (Most of which are carryovers of Pagan un-holidays.)
I come upon no scripture that tells me to celebrate Christmas, Easter (named after a Pagan false god), New Years Day, etc .
I come upon no scripture that tells me to put up a Christmas Tree, or anything like it.
In fact, I found one that I believe may .may ..be describing this practice in Jeremiah 10:3-5 and in context condemning it.
I also find many wonderful feasts that God gave to us in order to remember him and what he has done for us and the Jewish people in scripture.
However, we dont celebrate even one of the days that were ordained by God himself. I would like to but dont know how.
My whole family might string me up if I try to change our family traditions to more closely follow those that Jesus (Yeshua is his real name) observed.
I was just kicking around the idea in conversation at work, during lunch, and one lady told me that I would be abusing my children in her eyes if I did!
Jeremiah
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Now Ive been told that this is referring to graven images. However, no were in the Bible do I find a description of the action decking when referring to graven images.
All the instances of the action to deck refer to clothes, jewelry, and even ornaments!
All of which can be removed from the object that was decked.
In contrast, every instance of a Graven Image in the Bible indicates that they were covered in pure gold. Also the statement about a palm tree and its uprightness, seems to suggest that they are very tall and thin. This is not typical of graven images that are usually of calves, or other animals.
I dont think that description describes these types of images well.
Than there is the description in Jeremiah that the images speak not This description with regard to a tree is puzzling because one would not expect a tree to speak. But it could have been included in order to ride them of fear, cause lets fact it, if you didnt know what a Christmas Tree was and you saw it all lit up, decked with silver and Gold, and people putting presents at its feet. You might just begin to wonder if this crazy thing had some power or something and made these people bring it gifts as a sacrifice.
With that said I have also found in my research that there may also be some truth to the popular belief that Jeremiah was referring to wooden statues or something of the like.
Hosea 13:2 - And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
The highlighted statement if very close to the statement made in Jeremiah.
However, this one describes the men who perform this action as craftsmen where as Jeremiah refers to the men as workmen.
So now I want go to the Hebrew to see if I can figure out if these two descriptions of types of workers are the same in an effort to tie them together.
I do not have the proper reference material to find out if these descriptions are identical.
What do you think?
Am I crazy? 
Email me your thoughts aj_hass@hotmail.com
maybe I'll take my oldest grandson! that would be cool!) 
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