This reference that bears some resemblance to the modern Christmas tree, in Jeremiah 10: 2-5: "Thus saith the Lord: Learn not the way of the nations, nor the signs of the heavens be afraid, though the nations fear them. For the customs of the people are vanity; because they cut wood from the forest, the work of artificers' hands with a burin. They adorn it with silver and gold; with nails and hammer they affirm it so that it does not move.
This reference that bears some resemblance to the modern Christmas tree, in Jeremiah 10: 2-5: "Thus saith the Lord: Learn not the way of the nations, nor the signs of the heavens be afraid, though the nations fear them. For the customs of the people are vanity; because they cut wood from the forest, the work of artificers' hands with a burin. They adorn it with silver and gold; with nails and hammer they affirm it so that it does not move.