Saturday, December 30, 2017

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.



Thursday, December 28, 2017

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.



Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Fresno Fun Facts

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




Sunday, December 24, 2017

Fresno Christmas Facts

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



Friday, December 22, 2017

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Fresno Christmas Facts

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



Monday, December 18, 2017

Fresno Christmas Facts

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



Saturday, December 16, 2017

Thursday, December 14, 2017

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.



Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Fresno Christmas Facts

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




Sunday, December 10, 2017

Friday, December 8, 2017

Fresno Christmas Facts

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



Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Fresno Christmas Facts

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



Monday, December 4, 2017

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Tinsel was invented in Germany around 1610 and was originally made of silver stretched into thin wafer strips until it was replaced by plastic in the 1950s.



Saturday, December 2, 2017

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.