“Thus saith the LORD, 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 axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.” – Jeremiah 10:2-4 (KJV)

We are are a strange animal though and we do not heed His warnings. We even go a step further and buy artificial trees from Chinese sweat shops because evil trees made from the blood and tears of others apparently are better than a good old fashioned real heathen tree that our parents used to use.

I for one will not partake in this terrible ritual. I especially can’t do so now after reading about how an evil Christmas Tree caused a man to attack his elderly parents, using the tree as a weapon. The police report does not mention why 37 year-old Thomas Edward Lackie of Parrish Florida decided to attack his father with a 3′ tall artifical Christmas tree. We can only assume that since there was no reason given for the attack and that the attacker seems to deny or recall the attack then he must have been possessed by the evil spirits trapped inside the tree.

Most people don’t realize that Christmas trees are a relatively new heathen tradition (like Santa Claus, but that’s a whole other story) that started in 1851 in the state of Ohio. That’s not all that shocking considering Ohio is also the place where you can find supposed Christian clergy accused of sacrifcing 10 goats, spiking their heads on stakes and nailing their testicles to trees. That and my in-laws live in Ohio.