Follow @PeoplesTree Imagine the coolness of the winter air. You are bundled up in warm attire. You brought along a thermos of hot apple cider. Your friends or family are with you. You feel a slight breeze on your faces. Together you sing some happy Christmas carols. Your tools clang together. You brought a...
Follow @PeoplesTree A Capitol Christmas tree has adorned the west lawn of the Capitol building every holiday season since 1964. Not to be confused with the National Christmas tree which is on the grounds of the White House, the Capitol Christmas tree is a pretty sight among the annual holiday festivities in Washington DC...
Follow @PeoplesTree All Californians are asked to get involved. You too can be involved with this event. Out Of Hand Pottery Creative Arts Center (MAP) will be providing on and off-site opportunities for individuals and groups to create unique, colorful clay ornaments that can be submitted to help decorate the US Capitol Christmas Tree...
Follow @PeoplesTree Every year at Christmas time, one lucky State gets to be represented in the Capitol of our nation. This year’s choice to send a tree to Washington DC is the great State of California. The tree that will be cut and sent in November of this year will become the People’s Tree...
Follow @PeoplesTree For decades, the White House has had a Christmas tree on the West Front lawn. In 1964, the first official Capitol Christmas Tree was purchased from a Pennsylvania nursery. A life Douglas fir, this tree was planted directly on the lawn, where it survived for another four years. In 1968 and 1969,...
Follow @PeoplesTree California is an inspiration to many artists, crafters, and musicians. This year, thousands of creative people will have the chance to have their creative work performed or placed on display for all of America to see. By participating in this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree project, people are not only taking part in...
Follow @PeoplesTree Every year since 1970, a Christmas tree has been presented to the United States congress from a National Forest, and is known as “The People’s Tree”. This year the tree will be chosen from the Stanislaus National Forest in the Central Sierras, and be a gift from the state of California....
