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Click the image to download a printable PDF of “O Christmas Tree” lyrics!
Story of the Song
The Christmas season is full of many family traditions: cookies, gift giving, family gatherings, and the celebration of the birth of our Savior.
Close your eyes and picture this: a crackling fire in the fireplace, a nativity scene prominently displayed, stockings hanging from the mantle, a plate full of sugar cookies, and an assortment of gifts waiting to be opened.
In that warm description of Christmas, one thing was left out. What was it?
Yes, the Christmas tree!
Forests of fir trees have decorated the German landscape for hundreds of years. These evergreen trees are faithfully green year-round. During the Middle Ages, their strong branches symbolized life during the long, dark, and cold winters. On moonlit nights, stars twinkled through the fir branches, showcasing the tree’s beauty. It wasn’t until the 1500s that decorated trees were used for Christmas festivities.
Near the turn of the twentieth century, overharvesting of evergreens became a problem. This led to two solutions: artificial Christmas trees and Christmas tree farms. Families could purchase an artificial tree they could use year after year, or they could visit a tree farm and pick out a live tree. The tree farmers would then plant new trees to replace the ones cut down. Christmas tree farms became so popular in the 1930s that President Franklin Roosevelt started a tree farm on his New York property.
Join Lucia and her family on an adventure to find their family’s Christmas tree in this free PDF download. Along the way, Lucia learns why fir trees stay green all year round and many other facts about evergreen trees.
If your family enjoyed reading about Lucia’s Christmas Fir, your preschool through second grader will enjoy learning more about nature in Science for Little Hearts and Hands: Fields and Flowers. This interactive course contains 15 engaging stories and 30 hands-on lessons just right for curious young minds.
Purchase Fields and Flowers or any one of the five Science for Little Hearts and Hands courses from The Good and the Beautiful and start exploring God’s beautiful creation today!
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