Because they are lost of the knowledge of themselves and are strangers in a land that is not theirs. The slave master's teachings now supersede the teachings of God I'm afraid. They must now await the Messiah who will bring them back from the unknown.
Jeremiah 10:1-5 has nothing to do with Christmas. So what about the silver and gold? That's just referring to presents.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.