810-Lancaster Farmina, Saturday. December ir iqqq /vlCidL|p SEEKdihFIND FIND THESE WORDS IN THE PUZZLE BELOW ARCHERY JUDO SHOOTING BASEBALL KAYAKING TENNIS FENCING ROWING WRESTLING THE WORDS READ UE DOWN ANP ACROSS AROWI NGRCH TENN I DNXYB GRTENNI S R A JYGSHOKHOS URNHERAOWE DEIOTYYOIB DHCOU I ATMA OCNPIOKIGL WRESTLINGL SAP J UDOGSH ~ 4 2 6 5 •,* <r=st»rt Here '7 16 * • ’I * 13 MAZE What Do You Know About a!* Christmas Trees? r£ p' K> Su howinany qiuslions you (an answer about Christmas trees Somi ol the answers may Ik* in the above aitie It All Hit answus an. at the bottom but don ( look until you ve tried’ 1 When was the lirst Christmas lift lot in the United States 9 2 I low many stab s grow Christmas (rci s-* 1 How many Christmas tn t giowcrs art (hut m (hr United Staff s? 4 Can you narm thin types ol Christmas trees? % % 5 How win the first Chiistmas tins decorated? ■I k True or False? 6 When a tree is iut one seedling is planted in its place 7 It takes thiee years lor a new Christmas (rn* to grow 8 Ihe United States was the first country to have Christmas tries 9 Alaska and Texas aie the top Christmas tree-growing states I £a< 5 I mil sweets ,mcl (olored paper * 6 False Two lo three seedlings .ire planted lo replace a i ut Christmas tree Crf, 7 False Ihe average giowing time is seven years and some lake as long as 15 years 8 Falsi German lamilies first decorated trees and brought the tradition to the Unlttd States *V 1 alse Oregon Michigan Wisconsin <X Pi nnsylvania California and North da Caiohna are (he lop Christmas tree int produieis HcV 10 1 .Use Franklin Pic ne brought the .jfel tradition lo the While House Mm 10 President Harry S Truman put up (he first White House tree Answers: 1 Nt w York 2 All 50 3 About 15 000 4 Ihe most popular Christmas trees are balsam hr Douglas fir Fraser fir noble fir Scotch pine Virginia pine and white pine Kome r, \ v ■* * > Start Here^ _ ' ** *-• v •*«. k h $ I I & * > To Tree or Not to Tree Will your family have a real Christmas tree this year’ If so, you will be one of more than 30 million families in the United States with a real tree The tradition of using trees goes back many centuries Way before the first Christmas, Egyptians used green palm branches as a symbol of life on the shortest day of the year, which is in December During the winter festival of Saturnalia, ancient Romans decorated their homes with evergreens Back in the 16th century, German families decorated fir trees with fruits, sweets and colored paper That tradition spread throughout Europe, and German settlers and soldiers brought the tradition to the United States The Christmas tree’s populanty grew fast in the United States In 1851, the first Christmas tree lot opened in New York The White House Chnstmas tree traditions ■ started with President Franklin Pierce Then President Calvin Coohdge started the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony JJ«S f # I ♦ m-' o a n r H S i s i d n o i o a h h s 7 O V W a i a m s o N 3 11 I N N a x 3 a I M O s **»H
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