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Making
a Jesse Tree
There are a variety of ways to make a
Jesse Tree.
1. First of all, you will need a Bible, for the readings
for each day.
2. Use a small REAL Christmas Tree and have the Children
hang the Jesse Tree ornaments on the Tree during a Church Service.
3.  Choose a 3
or 4 foot tree branch with lots of smaller branches attached to it. Place the
branch in a pot of dirt or gravel and cover the bucket with Christmas paper.
4. Make a wall
hanging using burlap fabric and sew a felt tree branch to the fabric. Attach
Velcro® to the backs of the ornaments
for attaching to the felt Jesse Tree.
5. Just draw the designs on big
pieces of poster board, print out the
readings and glue the Scripture readings to the back of
the posters and have children present
them.
(Photo
of Claudette's former students in
Florida doing this in Church)
Click
on thumbnail to see a large version of
the photo
 MAKING
JESSE TREE ORNAMENTS
You can have children draw the symbols, you can print out this page and cut
them out and mount them on construction paper to hang on your tree, or you can
DOWNLOAD a printable .pdf file of all the symbols.
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JESSE TREE SCRIPTURES
(The symbols are only suggestions)
December 1
Creation: Gen. 1:1-31; 2:1-4
Symbols: sun, moon, stars, animals, earth
December 2
Adam and Eve: Gen. 2:7-9, 18-24
Symbols: tree, man, woman
December 3
Fall of Man: Gen. 3:1-7 and 23-24
Symbols: tree, serpent, apple with bite
December 4
Noah: Gen. 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22
Symbols: ark, animals, dove, rainbow
December 5
Abraham: Gen. 12:1-3
Symbols: torch, sword, mountain
December 6
Isaac: Gen. 22:1-14
Symbols: bundle of wood, altar, ram in bush
December 7
Jacob: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15
Symbols: kettle, ladder
December 8
Joseph: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15
Symbols: bucket, well, silver coins, tunic
December 9
Moses: Ex. 2:1-10
Symbols: baby in basket, river and rushes
December 10
Samuel: 1 Sam. 3:1-18
Symbols: lamp, temple
December 11
Jesse: 1 Sam. 16:1-13
Symbols: crimson robe, shepherd's staff
December 12
David: 1 Sam. 17:12-51
Symbols: slingshot, 6-pointed star
December 13
Solomon: 1 Kings 3:5-14, 16-28
Symbols: scales of justice, temple, two babies and sword
December 14
Joseph: Matt. 1:18-25
Symbols: hammer, saw, chisel, angle
December 15
Mary: Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38
Symbols: lily, crown of stars, pierced heart
December 16
John the Baptist: Mark 1:1-8
Symbols: shell with water, river
On December 17, the Church begins to intensify the preparation for Christmas
with the use of the "O" Antiphons during the Liturgy of the Hours. The
symbols for the Jesse Tree from December 17 to 23 are based on the "O"
Antiphons.
December 17
Jesus is Wisdom: Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus in old Bibles) 24:2; Wisdom 8:1
Symbols: oil lamp, open book
December 18
Jesus is Lord: Ex. 3:2; 20:1
Symbols: burning bush, stone tablets
December 19
Jesus is Flower of Jesse: Isaiah 11:1-3
Symbols: flower, plant with flower
December 20
Jesus is Key of David: Isaiah 22:22
Symbols: key, broken chains
December 21
Jesus is the Radiant Dawn: Psalm 19:6-7 (in older Bibles this will be Psalm
18)
Symbols: sun rising or high in sky
December 22
Jesus is King of the Gentiles: Psalm 2:7-8; Ephesians 2:14-20
Symbols: crown, scepter
December 23
Jesus is Emmanuel: Isaiah 7:14; 33:22
Symbols: tablets of stone, chalice and host
December 24
Jesus is Light of the World: John 1:1-14
Symbols: candle, flame, sun
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