Wishing Trees have been a part of many different cultures around the world to celebrate many different things. The Wishing Tree is a Dutch wedding custom where guests are given a piece of paper, either shaped like a leaf or made of card stock; guests write their wishes to the bride and groom and then hang the paper on the tree. In Scotland, people pounded coins into the trunks of trees for each wish they wanted granted (including a visiting Queen Victoria!). In China, wishes were written on paper which was then tied to an orange and thrown up into a tree - if the paper successfully hung on one of the branches, the wish would come true!
The Winterfest Committee will be setting up our own Wishing Tree at the Botanical Gardens. There will be special paper available to make wishes for the library and for more personal wishes. You won't have to identify yourself! Just print out your wish and add it to one of the branches of our tree. It can be funny, sweet, sad, hopeful - or just thanks for making it through another year! After the event, wishes will be placed in a scrapbook and scanned for posting to the Winterfest blog.
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