Our Santa Christmas tree ornaments are 4½ tall. This Christmas tree ornament shows a tree with clusters of holly leaves and berries and patches of snow highlighted with iridescent glitter. In the center of the unique Christmas ornament is the face of Father Christmas with a red Santa hat and long white hair and beard and mustache. The unique Santa Christmas tree Ornaments hang from a loop of jute.
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The White Pine.
The white pine is the most important of all pines. It grows in Canada and many parts of the United States. Many forests of white pine can be found in the northeast from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, southward through New England, along the Alleghenies and westward to Minnesota. The white pine is beautiful and fast growing. Its timber is supposed to have the greatest value. Its needles or leaves grow in groups of five and are a soft bluish green color. The bark of the white pine is very smooth, unlike that of most other pines.
In the forest where trees are crowded, the white pine grows in a tall, straight column. The lower branches are lost when the tree is young. The remaining branches are near the top of the tree. In open spaces where there is a great deal of room the lower branches remain on the tree and the top of the tree spreads out. Sometimes the trunk itself divides into two or more limbs. This is an interesting example of how environment can shape the appearance of a species in the plant world.
The white pine has many uses. The wood is used for home furnishings and other inside uses .It is a soft wood with a straight grain, which makes it easy to work. It can also be easily painted or varnished. The wood of the white pine is also used to make masts and spars of vessels, furniture and shingles. The bark of the tree gives a sap that is used in cough mixtures.
In England and Europe the white pine is used entirely as an ornamental tree. It is known there as Weymouth pine, after the Englishman who discovered it .In the United States the tree is so popular that Maine uses the cone and tassel of the tree as the state emblem.
Other Pine Trees.
The Georgia, yellow, southern or Longleaf pine are all names for a pitch tree that is the most important of the hard pines. This tree is found in the south in the territory from East Texas to Virginia. It is a tall tree, often 100 feet high. It can always be recognized by its orange brown branches. Its cones are large and its needles may be more than a foot long. The sap of the tree gives off a material called resin. From this sticky substance turpentine is obtained. It is also used to make varnishes, medicines and many other products. The dry residue of resin is called rosin. The leaves or needles, give off oil that is much like turpentine. The leaves also give off a fiber that is used for stuffing pillows.
The great sugar pine is one of the most important trees for timber. It grows in the Pacific Coast region and is one of the most beautiful of all pines. The tree gets its name from the fact that when the wood is partially burned, white sugar crystals are formed on the remaining wood. The great sugar pine is very large. It sometimes reaches a height of 220 feet and a diameter of about eight feet. Its lumber is golden colored and is very smooth. It is used mainly for furniture and interior finishing.
Other species of pine that are well known and useful are the loblolly, ponderosa, western white, slash, shortleaf and red pine.
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Information on St. Nicholas.
St. Nicholas lived in the late third and early fourth centuries. Very little is known about his life. By the middle ages, however, he had become one of Europe’s most venerated non biblical saints. In France and Germany more than two thousand churches carry the saint’s name, bearing silent testimony to the intensity of past devotions. St. Nicholas was the Christmas season gift bringer in parts of northern Europe. His legend and the customs surrounding it traveled to America with European immigrants. In the United States St. Nicholas was transformed into Santa Claus. His new American name evolved from his old Dutch name, Sinterklass. Although Nicholas’s popularity has declined considerably since medieval times, some Europeans still celebrate his feast day, which falls on December 6.
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