The whole story of Christmas, one ornament at a time
The Jesse Tree is an old Advent tradition named for Isaiah's promise of a shoot from the stump of Jesse. Each day a family reads a short passage of Scripture and hangs an ornament that stands for it. The tree starts bare on the first day. By Christmas it holds the whole story: Creation, the ark, the ladder, the crown, the prophets, and at last the manger.
Each ornament carries a symbol rather than a person. There's an ark for Noah, a ladder for Jacob, a lion for Daniel and a star for Bethlehem. The symbols are easy to recognize at a glance, and they leave room for the story to do the talking.
Ten sets this year
We are making 10 sets for this Advent. Orders placed by Tuesday, November 17 ship by Thursday, November 19, in time for December 1, when most families hang the first ornament. The day-by-day guide comes as a download link in your order confirmation email, so you can start reading the day you order.
Made to be read with your own Bible
The guide gives the reference for each day rather than printing the text, so your family reads from the Bible already on your shelf. Where Bibles number things differently, the guide gives both references. That covers the Douay-Rheims, which names some books differently, and the NABRE, which numbers a few verses differently.
The 25 days
1 Creation, 2 Adam and Eve, 3 Noah, 4 Abraham, 5 Jacob, 6 Joseph, 7 Moses, 8 the Passover, 9 Jesse, 10 David, 11 Solomon, 12 Isaiah, 13 Jeremiah, 14 Ezekiel, 15 Daniel, 16 Jonah, 17 Ruth, 18 Esther, 19 Nehemiah, 20 Zechariah, 21 John the Baptist, 22 Mary, 23 Joseph of Nazareth, 24 Bethlehem, 25 the Nativity.
- 25 ornaments, each with its own emblem, numbered on the back by day
- White, with the emblem and rim raised in dark blue
- Designed and 3D printed by HappiestLion
