Stay at Home Storytime: Holiday Trees

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The History of Christmas and Christmas Trees

Did you know that in the 1600s, it was common in Germany to decorate Christmas trees with apples? Did you know that in 1853, President Franklin Pierce brought the first Christmas tree to the White House? Did you know that the first Christmas tree farm was started in 1901 in New Jersey? You can read more on the History of Christmas Trees. For more in depth information, see The Origin and History of the Christmas Tree and Christmas Tree.

Books at the Library

The Library has many picture books about Christmas trees and children's non-fiction books for you to check out. Learn more about this topic at World Book for Kids.

Holiday Crafts

Make your own beautiful Christmas tree craft using popsicle sticks and find many other craft ideas. Several more types of tree crafts can be found here.

 

Holiday Tree Poems

Way up high on the Christmas tree

Two little candy canes winked at me

So I shook that tree as hard as I could

And down came the candy canes

Hmm, Hmm, Good!!

 

Here is a great big Christmas tree

Trimmed with lights and balls.

Here are Santa's little elves, they run when Santa calls.

This is Santa's workshop, filled with gifts and toys.

The elves and helpers fill the sleigh, for all the girls and boys.

 

My Christmas tree glistens bright

With shiny balls and twinkling light

At the very top is an angel in flight,

Greeting people on a wintry night.

 

By GailC on December 21, 2020