Fresno Fun Facts

Peaches, nectarine, plums, apricots, almonds and citrus trees bloom along the Blossom Trail. On a good day the foothills of the Sierra can be seen along the trial.

Fresno Fun Facts

The Blossom Trail is a self-guided tour in Fresno County including the cities of Fresno, Sanger, Kingsburg, Reedley, Orange Cove, Selman and Fowler.

Fresno Fun Facts

Fresno County’s Blossom Trail begins in February and runs through March.

Fresno Christmas Facts

Have you seen “A Wonderful Life” starring Jimmy Stewart yet this year? A Wonderful Life was produced in 1946.

Fresno Christmas Facts

Charles Dickins wrote “A Christmas Carol” in 1843.

Fresno Christmas Facts

Americans love their Christmas trees. Between 33 and 36 million Christmas trees are produced just in America each year.

Fresno Christmas Facts

The Christmas tree “skirt” was originally placed under the tree to catch the wax drippings from the candles.

Fresno Christmas Facts

Aluminum Christmas trees become popular in the 1960s.

Fresno Christmas Facts

An angel or star was placed on top of the Christmas tree to represent the archangel Gabriel or the Star of Bethlehem from the nativity.

Fresno Christmas Facts

Christmas trees were decorated with apples, nuts and other foods when introduced in Germany.

Fresno Christmas Facts

The National Christmas Tree has been lit every year since 1923.

Fresno Christmas Facts

President Calvin Coolidge lit the first national American Christmas tree on the White House lawn in 1923.

Fresno Christmas Facts

Hessian troops brought the custom of Christmas trees to America during the War of Independence.

Fresno Christmas Facts

Tinsel was invented in Germany around 1610 and was originally made of silver stretched into thin wafer strips until it was replaced by plastic in the 1950s.

Fresno Christmas Facts

The first Christmas tree in America was not a tree at all, but a wooden pyramid covered with evergreen branches and decorated with candles around 1740.