I’ve been working on some handmade holiday gifts so not much to post right now, but I thought I’d get you in the holiday spirit with a collection of delightful Christmas trees!
My beloved local library (yes after 4.5+ years in Colorado I have finally fallen completely and madly in love with a library...I thought no library could replace my beloved Deschutes Public Library in Bend, Oregon but finally I am able to love again!) has a delightful and whimsical display of Christmas trees inspired by literary classics and popular culture.
There are 32 decorated Christmas trees are scattered around the first and second levels of the library and are called the Forest of Stories. I tried to see every tree during my weekly visit to the library; and here are the trees that I found most intriguing:
BARBIE TREE
NANCY DREW TREE
Oh how I loved reading Nancy Drew books as a kid!
THE HUNGER GAMES TREE
JURASSIC PARK TREE
If you’ve only seen the movie and never read the book, I highly recommend reading Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton! This is where I first learned about “Chaos Theory”.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S TREE
Here’s a terrifying movie I do not recommend (and I like scary movies). We went to see it a couple weeks ago with John’s granddaughter and son who have played the video game. It was disturbing and a movie I never care to watch again, ick!
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS TREE
A magical book from my childhood I will not forget!
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TREE
THE NIGHT CIRCUS TREE
I highly recommend this delightful book! I keep a copy in my home library.
TREASURE ISLAND TREE
STUDIO GHIBLI TREE
MAYA ANGELOU TREE
Beautiful tribute!
TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW TREE
I’ve heard many good things about this book by Gabrielle Zevin. A friend gave me their copy and it is sitting in my queue to read.
BRIDGERTON TREE
Complete with “Lady Whistledown” gossip sheets! I’ve never read the books but did enjoy the Netflix television series which was sort of mindless but juicy entertainment!
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA TREE
HG WELLS TREE
His novel The Time Machine (1895) is quite the science fiction classic!
There were a lot more trees (32 in total as I mentioned earlier in this post) but this post would go on forever if I shared all the photos I took! I chatted with the library staff and they said they had so much fun decorating the trees!
OUR TREE
Speaking of Christmas trees, here is our set up for this holiday season. We put and decorated our right after Thanksgiving:
Can you spot the Miniature Schnauzer (Mike) staring at me?
Let’s zoom in closer…
Our Christmas tree is not even closely creatively decorated like those trees at my local library; but we do have some fun additions to our tree to this year.
Last year during a holiday together, we had our guests including John’s sons and granddaughter, decorate pre-made/printed ornaments with “bling” and colorful markers. We had such a fun time doing it. Everyone signed their ornaments and left them behind with us.
Well now we get to display them on our tree each year! Every time I look at them I smile and remember the laughter and joy decorating them!
Our group was most adults and it was fun to watch the adults have so much fun coloring and decorating simple cardboard ornaments. We had so much fun doing it we are going to do it again this year!
I’ll close this post with the reference for the title of this post. “O Christmas Tree” is the English version of the German Christmas song “O Tannebaum”.
Let’s transport you back to my childhood Christmas for a moment and my parents are playing Nat King Cole’s Christmas album on the record player…
What fantastic trees! My favorite is the Studio Ghibli tree. It is always fun to pull out the ornaments each year. Of course we have a Goldie ornament, but I must find one for the little fella who is more white than gold. You know, Nat King Cole does transport me. One in a million!
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I know the trees are fabulous! Glad you enjoyed the trees and I must admit I’ve listened to that Nat king Cole song a couple times now😀😀😀
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What a cool selection of trees! And I love your home made decorations, such a great idea and so much joy in the creation and after.
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They were so fun to wander around and look at! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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That’s an awesome display of Christmas trees!
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I agree! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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wow, just wow! the library staff must have had fun decorating. But I love your tree best, guess I’m just a traditional homebody. Love your idea of making decorations, they will become treasures.
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Thanks so much you are so kind! Our tree is very simple but every ornament holds meaning! 😀
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Those are too much fun! My library isn’t allowed to have trees because they’re too religious. I guess they don’t want to offend any of the non-Druids out there. haha : )
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Trees are religious hmmmm (should I put an alter in front the tree for daily prayers lol) but thanks for stopping by and checking out my library’s trees ( we aren’t as sensitive in Colorado lol) 😀
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Gotta love a library! Those trees are wonderful, and all too gorgeous to have a standout favourite, although 20000 Leagues Under the Sea gave me a big smile!
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I like that one too! There we so many awesome trees 🌲 😀
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Some very creative tree decorators
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I agree, thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Someone had huge fun coming up with all those themes!
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I bet they did! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Wow, those trees are super fun! Thanks for sharing!
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You are welcome and glad you enjoyed them 🙂
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Love those trees! Thanks for sharing!
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You are welcome, thanks for stopping by 🙂
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I remember my mom playing Nat King Cole’s album each holiday. He and Johnny Mathis were two of her favorites. Brings back good memories. Your library is incredibly creative. My girls and I enjoyed all the trees and each had a distinct favorite. Mine was Nancy Drew, my oldest’s was 20,000 Leagues, and my youngest’s was Maya Angelou’s. Tell Mike he did an excellent job supervising the Christmas tree decorating.
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We has Johnny Mathis too! Thanks so much and I am glad you enjoyed the trees!
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A forest of Christmas trees! I like yours best
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Awww thanks so much 🙂
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Now that’s a library with true spirit and adventure
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Yes most definitely! Thanks for stopping by!
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Those are some amazing trees! Your local library sounds very lovable indeed 🙂 Your tree is beautiful too! What a fun activity for everyone to take part in, and now you have those special memories for your tree 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by, I had so much fun wandering about the library taking photos of them! I appreciate your kind words on our tree 🙂
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Wow! Those are all amazing.
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Thanks so much!
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I love these trees! What a great way to get people to the library too!
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They were so cool – thanks for stopping by 🙂
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