National Museum of American History
1987 Trees of Christmas
December 18, 1987 – January 6, 1988
On view is the museum's annual display of living fir and spruce trees decorated for the holidays. This year's 10 trees feature ornaments reflecting America's history, cultural heritage, and craft traditions:
- nature's elegance
- American decorative stenciling
- rug hooking
- colonial Christmas
- ornaments made from recycled Christmas cards
- macrame
- a patriot's Christmas
- painted ponies
- ornaments collected by a traveling family
- Christbaumschnitte (German Christmas tree)
