This Red and Gold Velvet Tree Skirt
is 48 inches in diameter and is made from cotton velvet. The body of the Christmas Tree Skirt is Sangria Red with raised leafy pattern in the velvet. The border is old gold colored velvet with a scalloped edge where it connects to the red velvet. The underside of the Christmas Tree Skirt is lined with ivory colored, satiny polyester. The center slit closes with Velcro and the top of the slit, which fits around the tree trunk, is edged in old gold velvet. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.
Why Use Christmas Tree Skirts?
Christmas Tree Skirts are now a fashionable way to hide the base of your tree. It does not matter if you have a real or Artificial Christmas Trees For Sale. Back in the day when candles were still being used until electric bulbs came out, people used a mat or skirt was often placed under the tree to catch dripping candle wax or to collect any needles that fell. Even after dripless candles and electric lights people still used Christmas Tree Skirts as a decorative feature or to hide the Christmas Tree Stands . What started as a plain cloth placed under the tree has now become more ornate, some having embroidery and personalized. Some families even use a model train set, Christmas village or even a nativity set as a tree skirt or mat. Check out our selection of Christmas Tree Skirt.
History of The Santa Claus Express.
The Santa Claus Express is a generic name applied to a number of holiday railroad excursions throughout the United States. Often sponsored by railroad museums and incorporating appropriately decorated vintage locomotives and cars, the Santa Claus Express may offer scenic tours beginning in late November and continuing through December. By other schedules, the Express stops at towns and villages along the line, at which time professional or amateur performers aboard provide a Yuletide concert or show for citizens waiting outside.
The Santa Claus Express also is a vehicle for delivering toys and gifts to underprivileged children, an example of which can be found in Appalachia. Since the mid 1440s on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, officials of CSX Transportation have furnished a locomotive and cars so that the Santa Claus Express could wind its way from Pikeville, Kentucky, across Virginia, and into Kingsport, Tennessee. All along the tracks, children and families gather, many having camped overnight to secure strategic positions. When the train slows at each whistle stop, children run behind as Santa, who addresses everyone as darlin, and his assistants, local businessmen, toss candy, small toys, and other gifts from the platform on the last car into eager hands. Local merchants, some of whom were once among those children chasing the train, donate the gifts, which become the only Christmas presents that many children in this region will receive each year. Select this link to view our Christmas Stockings.
