A Strong Reason Not to Have a “Hanukkah Bush”

From the book of Jeremiah (Chapter 10):

1	Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2	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.
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.

On the other hand, maybe that last verse means I don't have to make too much of this.

Of course, this verse also means Christians shouldn't have Christmas trees. After all, the first thing Jesus saw was almost certainly not a decorated tree. … Maybe Christians should have a menorah instead. He might have seen that.

In possibly-related news, I was recently asked what we Jews think about one of our relatives being worshipped by billions of people. I suppose we should be pleased, but we really wanted him to be a doctor.