In Egypt they used palm trees. This had to do with the pagan messiah Baal-Tamar. In Rome they used fir trees. They decorated them with offerings to the fire or solar gods. In other places they used pine trees. Elves and fairies were believed to live in the forest among the trees (and still are by many New Age believers). In modern times people often hang elves and fairies on their trees. Remember, fairies represent sexual demons that rape and molest people. You should not use these for decorations in your home or anywhere else.
There is Scripture that refer to the people cutting down evergreen trees, nailing them to their floors so they will not fall down, and decorating them with silver and gold. Yahuwah tells us in Jeremiah 10:2 not to learn their ways.
Jeremiah 10:2-5 says “Thus saith Yahuwah, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 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 ax. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 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.”
It says they cannot do evil nor good. The worship of them is done in vain. That is like if someone cut a tulip from their garden and brought it in to worship as a god. That would be quite stupid. The tulip is not a god and they would be worshiping it in vain. The tulip could not harm anyone. It is just a flower that Yahuwah created for our enjoyment and there is nothing wrong with bringing it into our homes to appreciate its beauty. People used to worship peaches, and they were symbols of immortality. They did this in vain also. Peaches are delicious fruits that Yahuwah made for our consumption. There is nothing wrong with bringing them into our homes and devouring them! Even if we decorate them by putting them in a pretty bowl with a ribbon around it so they look nice, they are still just tulips and peaches, and are not evil.
So are evergreen trees, even if we decorate them with good things, like ribbons or little fake birds and nests or lights (I’m talking about a year-round type of thing, not doing this for Christmas). So are pumpkins. If we worship things, they can do us no harm, but if they have demons in them, the demons can harm us. And we harm ourselves by worshiping idols because when we do we separate ourselves from Yahuwah. But if we decorate the evergreen tree with Christmas decorations and/or use it to celebrate Christmas, or we carve faces in the pumpkins and/or use them to celebrate Halloween, then we are not walking in obedience to our Maker, and THAT defiles us.
Creations of Yahuwah, often called works of nature, do not attract demons unless we attach them to familiar occult items. If they did, we would have to walk around suspicious of everything that exists, because almost every creation of Yahuwah has been used in demon worship at some time in history. That is superstition. We could not have any food, because people offered meats, grains, fruits and vegetables to idols. We would have to forget about having pets or livestock because cats, dogs, birds, horses, cows, goats, etc., were used in witchcraft and satanism. All plants, water, air and earth would have to be banned, because they are worshiped in witchcraft. At this point we would be dead meat! Even people would be off limits, because satanists believe people are gods, and worship themselves. Therefore, we could not exist! So I am not telling you to never bring any type of evergreen tree into your home. It is the celebration of Christmas and using the tree in a pagan way that is the problem. Some people like to grow little pine trees or palm trees in their homes year-round, and wrap little lights around them because it’s pretty, and I do not believe this is wrong, because evergreen trees are not evil. Even Yahuwah had His people use them at times. 1 Kings, chapter six, talks about Solomon building the house of Yahuwah:
1 Kings 6:11-14 “And the word of Yahuwah came to Solomon, saying, Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. So Solomon built the house, and finished it.”
He decorated it with carvings of palm trees laden with gold, among other things. A palm tree is considered one of the ‘evergreen’ trees.
1 Kings 6:29-30 “And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.”
1 Kings 6:32 “The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.”
1 Kings 6:35 “And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.”
The idea of having trees, carvings of trees or things carved out of trees decorated with gold was all right with Yahuwah, when it was done to glorify Yahuwah and not the devil. The problem was that when they cut down the trees and decorated them, they were doing it in association with a demonic pagan holiday. Christmas is a demonic pagan holiday, and so was the worship of Nimrod and others. Growing a palm tree or fir tree, etc., in your home, as long as you are not doing it to celebrate a pagan holiday or to honor a pagan god is not going to be a problem with Yahuwah. Christmas trees ARE a problem with Yahuwah! Well, I hope you take this information to heart, rather than ignore it like most people do, and start celebrating the Messiah’s birth on the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah), because even though the Bible doesn’t say to do it to honor His birth, the Bible says to celebrate that holy day because it’s a commandment of Yahuwah. You don’t have to add in the celebration of Yahushuwa’s birthday, but if you want to, that’s the right time to do it.
And if you want a celebration in the winter, there is always Hanukkah! There is no commandment to celebrate it, but there is no reason not to. Yahushuwa was ‘conceived’ on Hanukkah, and it is the festival of lights, and He is the light of the world. There is an account in the Bible of Him attending it also. It’s called the Feast of Dedication, and is in remembrance of when the Maccabees defeated an anti-christ who took over Jerusalem and the temple in the Bible days. It lasts eight days, and you can give gifts for the eight days if you want to. That may excite the children. There are some that say it is wrong to celebrate it, but we believe they are straining at gnats. It is a good civil holiday even though not a Biblical holy day, and if you are using it as a replacement for Christmas – so what?! It is a good replacement, just don’t celebrate His birth at that time, but you certainly could celebrate His conception at that time.
Below is an anti-Christmas card I made with a good message on it. I used to love decorating for Christmas, especially the tree, and the picture on this card is the last Christmas tree I had before I gave it up.
Here is a blog with a story that is really helpful in showing why it is wrong to celebrate our Messiah's birthday on the day of pagan gods’ birthdays: