Christmas tree, U+1F384, is filed as an event beside the fireworks, not as a plant. The plain fir is a separate emoji, Evergreen tree. Then come 77 more: trimmings, text trees, lines and ASCII art. Christmas tree emoji copy and paste, star to stand.
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Six trees, one of them bamboo
CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files six emoji under tree: the evergreen, the deciduous, the palm, the leafless, this one and Tanabata tree. Unicode's notes call that last one a tanabata tree with wishing papers, and Wikipedia's Tanabata article says the wishes are hung on bamboo. The combo Everything CLDR calls a tree pastes all six.
Tannenbaum does not mean Christmas tree
Wikipedia's Christmas tree article calls the mix-up a mistaken idea: Tannenbaum means fir tree, and the German for Christmas tree is Weihnachtsbaum. Its O Tannenbaum article says the carol is based on a folk song unrelated to the holiday. So the German line here carries the plain fir, and Fir tree, as a Han character is the same word in one character.
Tips
Trees were traditionally hung with paper roses, tinsel, apples, wafers and confectionery, says Wikipedia. What went on first pastes four: CLDR has no wafer.
CLDR lists nothing under tinsel, bauble or ornament. Here Sparkles answers to tinsel, from an Old French word meaning sparkle, and Red circle to bauble.
The ASCII trees need a monospaced font. The three sizes are 7, 11 and 15 columns, and Tree on the car roof is 24.
Questions and answers
Is there a Christmas tree emoji without decorations?
Yes: Evergreen tree, U+1F332, which CLDR files under christmas as well as evergreen, pine and forest. Before and after pastes the plain fir, an arrow and the decorated one. Christmas emoji has the other five filed under the word.
What were the first artificial Christmas trees made of?
Goose feathers. Wikipedia's Feather Christmas tree article counts feather trees among the first artificial ones: green-dyed feathers on wire branches round a central dowel, widely spaced to keep the candles from starting a fire. Feather tree, candles lit draws one. Christmas ASCII art has more.
What goes on top of a Christmas tree?
A star or an angel, most often, says Wikipedia's Tree-topper article. Star, Glowing star and Baby angel are in the trimmings, and Topper, keyboard only is a star without emoji. Star ASCII art has bigger ones.
The Christmas tree emoji, and what else answers to tree 7
πChristmas treeU+1F384. The one tree in the emoji list that arrives decorated. Unicode files it as an event, in with the fireworks and the balloon, and gives it three CLDR search words: celebration, Christmas and tree. Emoji 0.6.
π³Deciduous treeU+1F333. One of the six emoji CLDR files under tree. Its own words include shedding, the thing Wikipedia says a fir has the benefit of not doing. Emoji 1.0.
π²Evergreen treeU+1F332. The same tree before anyone got to it, filed with the plants. CLDR lists christmas for it as well as evergreen, forest, pine and tree. The decorated one is the older emoji, 0.6 to this one's 1.0. Emoji 1.0.
πͺΎLeafless treeU+1FABE. The newest of the six. CLDR lists winter for this tree and for no other emoji. An empty box on an older phone. Emoji 16.0.
π΄Palm treeU+1F334. Filed under tree, beach and tropical. For Christmas somewhere warm. Emoji 0.6.
πPine decorationU+1F38D. Unicode's notes call it a Japanese new year's door decoration. CLDR lists pine for it and not tree. Wikipedia's Kadomatsu article says they are placed in pairs on either side of the gate, and go up after Christmas. Emoji 0.6.
πTanabata treeU+1F38B. The list's other decorated tree. Unicode's notes call it a tanabata tree with wishing papers, and Wikipedia's Tanabata article says the wishes are written on small pieces of paper and hung on bamboo. Emoji 0.6.
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Trimmings, from the star down 12
πΌBaby angelU+1F47C. The other common topper. CLDR files two emoji under angel, and the second is a smiley with a halo. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
π΅Blue circleU+1F535. A second colour. The same article says ornaments are almost always reused year after year rather than bought new. Emoji 0.6.
π―οΈCandleU+1F56F U+FE0F. What lit the tree first. The Christmas tree article says candles were often replaced by Christmas lights after the advent of electrification. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
πElectric plugU+1F50C. The end of the string that matters. The only emoji CLDR files under plug. Emoji 0.6.
πGlowing starU+1F31F. The same article says modern plastic toppers are often electric and offer a gentle glow once connected to the tree's lights. CLDR files this one under glow and shining. Emoji 0.6.
πͺLadderU+1FA9C. For the last job, which is the top. CLDR files it under climb, rung and step. Emoji 13.0.
π‘Light bulbU+1F4A1. One bulb of the string. CLDR files it under electric, along with the plug. Emoji 0.6.
πRed appleU+1F34E. Third on the same list, after the paper roses and the tinsel: apples. Emoji 0.6.
π΄Red circleU+1F534. A bauble. Wikipedia's Christmas ornament article says ornaments, baubles or globes may come in spherical shapes such as balls. CLDR lists nothing under bauble or ornament. Emoji 0.6.
πΉRoseU+1F339. First on the Christmas tree article's list of traditional decorations: roses made of coloured paper. This one is not paper. CLDR does file it under red. Emoji 0.6.
β¨SparklesU+2728. CLDR lists nothing under tinsel. Wikipedia's Tinsel article traces the word to an Old French one meaning sparkle, so this is tinsel by etymology. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
βStarU+2B50. Wikipedia's Tree-topper article says the most common toppers are a star or an angel. CLDR's name for this one is just star. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
Getting it home, and afterwards 10
πAutomobileU+1F697. The other way home: on the roof. One of the drawings further down shows the arrangement. Emoji 0.6.
πͺAxeU+1FA93. CLDR files it under chop and wood. Wikipedia says Christmas trees were once often harvested from wild forests and almost all are now grown on tree farms. Emoji 12.0.
π§ΉBroomU+1F9F9. For the needles. Wikipedia says firs, the most commonly used species, have the benefit of not shedding theirs when they dry out. This is for the other species. Emoji 11.0.
πͺCarpentry sawU+1FA9A. CLDR files exactly one emoji under trim, and it is a saw. For the trunk that will not fit the stand. Emoji 13.0.
πCatU+1F408. Here for everyone whose tree has been climbed. CLDR files it under pet. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
πͺΆFeatherU+1FAB6. Wikipedia's Feather Christmas tree article counts feather trees among the first artificial ones: green-dyed goose feathers attached to wire branches. Emoji 13.0.
π»Pickup truckU+1F6FB. The easy way home. CLDR files it under flatbed. Emoji 13.0.
πͺ΄Potted plantU+1FAB4. The Christmas tree article says some trees, known as living Christmas trees, are sold live with roots and soil. CLDR files this under pot and grow. Emoji 13.0.
β»οΈRecycling symbolU+267B U+FE0F. The article says cut trees can be recycled and used as mulch or wildlife habitat, or to prevent erosion. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
πWrapped giftU+1F381. What the space underneath is for. One of seven emoji CLDR files under christmas. Emoji 0.6.
Tree symbols, no emoji 10
ζ¨ Fir tree, as a Han characterU+6A05. Unihan defines it as fir tree, which is also what Wikipedia says Tannenbaum means.
βFir, in one arrowU+219F Upwards two headed arrow. Two arrowheads on a shaft, which is a fir from any distance. Unicode's notes give its real job as fast cursor up.
β½Kangxi radical treeU+2F4A Kangxi radical tree. The tree character filed as a dictionary radical, number 75.
ζΎPine tree, as a Han characterU+677E. Unihan defines it as pine tree, fir tree.
β―Topper star, no emojiU+272F Pinwheel star. Five points with a twist, in plain text, for the top of a text tree.
πΊΌTree symbol, from an old terminalU+1CEBC Tree symbol. Unicode files it with its terminal graphic characters, says they are not emoji and points this one at the deciduous tree. An empty box where no font has it.
ζ¨Tree, as a Han characterU+6728. Unihan defines it as tree, wood, lumber. It looks the part: a trunk with branches.
πTree, as a hieroglyphU+131AD Egyptian hieroglyph M001. Unicode's description is two words long: a tree. An empty box where no font has it.
βTree, as an APL symbolU+234B Apl functional symbol delta stile. A triangle on a trunk. It belongs to the programming language APL and has no idea it is a tree.
π·Tree, in Linear BU+100B7 Linear b ideogram B176 tree. One of seven characters with tree as a word of the name that are not emoji. An empty box where no font has it.
Text trees, one line each 10
-=*=-Topper, keyboard only
/|\Fir, three strokes
/|\ . ' , . 'Shedding
/|\ /|\ /|\ /|\ /|\Tree lot, five to choose from
/|\ /|\ [/|\] /|\That one
={{{{{{{{{>Netted for the trip home
[_] /|\ [__]Presents each side
β β β β βTree lot, one character per fir
\o/ /|\Found the one
o~o~o~o~o~o~o~oBead garland
Christmas tree lines 14
π²ππ²ππ²ππ²Border row: before, after, before
π The cat has found the tree πIt was a matter of time
π‘ Lights first, then everything else πOrder of operations
π§Ή Needles everywhere. Worth it πReal tree owners only
/|\ O Christmas tree /|\No emoji: a keyboard fir each side
π O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree πThe carol, as sung in the United States
π² O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum π²The German original: O fir tree, so the plain fir
πͺ Off to pick the tree π²Tree lot day
π Real or fake? Discuss πThe annual debate
β The star goes on last βHouse rule
β»οΈ Thank you for your service πCollection day
π The tree is up πThe announcement
π Tree on the roof. Driving slowly π²The trip home
πͺ Who put the star on crooked? βEvery year
ASCII Christmas trees, three sizes and three more 6
Bare tree in its standThe medium size, up and watered and not yet touched. Plain ASCII, 11 columns wide.
Feather tree, candles litWikipedia says a feather tree had wire branches wrapped round a central dowel, widely spaced to keep the candles from starting a fire. Seven candles, one dowel. Plain ASCII, 17 columns wide.
Merry Christmas, as a treeThe greeting and an exclamation mark come to sixteen characters, which is one, three, five and seven. Plain ASCII, 7 columns wide.
Small tree, in a potThe small size: three tiers of branches, drawn a stroke at a time, in a pot with its roots on. Plain ASCII, 7 columns wide.
Tree on the car roofNetted and strapped down, on the way home from the lot. Plain ASCII, 24 columns wide.
Trimmed tree with a starThe large size: seven tiers, a bauble on each end of every other one and a star with rays. Plain ASCII, 15 columns wide.
Christmas tree combos 10
πβ»οΈπ±Back to the gardenChristmas tree, then recycling symbol, then seedling. Wikipedia says a cut tree can be recycled and used as mulch. CLDR lists nothing under mulch, so a seedling stands for what the mulch is for.
π²β‘οΈπBefore and afterEvergreen tree, then right arrow, then Christmas tree. The plain fir, then the same tree with everything on it.
ππCat versus treeCat, then Christmas tree. No winner is recorded.
π²π³π΄πͺΎππEverything CLDR calls a treeEvergreen tree, then deciduous tree, then palm tree, then leafless tree, then Christmas tree, then tanabata tree. All six emoji CLDR files under tree, in Unicode's order. One is a Christmas tree and one is bamboo.
πͺΏπͺΆπFeather treeGoose, then feather, then Christmas tree. One of the first artificial trees, in the order of manufacture: goose, feather, tree.
πͺπ²π»Fetching itAxe, then evergreen tree, then pickup truck. Tool, tree, transport.
ππ‘πLit the new wayElectric plug, then light bulb, then Christmas tree. Plug, bulb, tree. The order the electricity takes.
π―οΈπLit the old wayCandle, then Christmas tree. Wikipedia says candles came first and were often replaced by Christmas lights after the advent of electrification.
πͺβπStar by ladderLadder, then star, then Christmas tree. The last job of the trimming and the only one that needs equipment.
πΉβ¨ππ¬What went on firstRose, then sparkles, then red apple, then candy. Wikipedia's list of traditional decorations is roses made of coloured paper, tinsel, apples, wafers and confectionery. These are four of the five; CLDR has no wafer.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers come from emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file, in sentence case. The search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml, main branch). CLDR lists tree for six emoji (evergreen tree, deciduous tree, palm tree, leafless tree, Christmas tree, tanabata tree); the Christmas tree has three search words (celebration, Christmas, tree) and is filed in the event subgroup of Activities, the other trees in plant-other. It lists christmas for seven emoji, the evergreen tree and the wrapped gift among them; pine for the evergreen tree and the pine decoration; winter for the leafless tree alone; angel for two; trim for the carpentry saw alone; bulb, plug, grow, rung, feather and recycle for one emoji each. It lists nothing for fir, spruce, conifer, tannenbaum, ornament, bauble, tinsel, garland, lights, topper, decorate, needles, wafer, artificial, fake, plastic, mulch, compost, roof, carol or song. The first group is the six emoji filed under tree plus the pine decoration; the trimmings, the trip home and the afterwards are our own picks. The text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). Every character that is not an emoji was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and a note that names a character uses its name from that file. Thirteen character names in UnicodeData.txt 18.0.0 have TREE as a word: six are emoji and seven are not (U+2EA6, U+2F4A, U+2F59, U+100B7, U+101F2, U+1689E, U+1CEBC). None has FIR, SPRUCE, CONIFER, TINSEL or BAUBLE; one has PINE (U+1F38D Pine decoration). NamesList.txt glosses U+1F38B as tanabata tree with wishing papers, U+1F38D as Japanese new year's door decoration, U+219F as fast cursor up and U+2F4A as Kangxi Radical 75; it files U+1CEBC under terminal graphic characters, says those are not emoji and cross-references it to U+1F333. U+219F, U+234B, U+2F4A, U+272F, U+100B7, U+131AD and U+1CEBC are not in emoji-test.txt. Meanings of Chinese characters come from the kDefinition field of Unihan_Readings.txt in Unihan.zip, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip). Hieroglyph descriptions come from the kEH_Desc field of Unikemet.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unikemet.txt). What the page says about the tree (a decorated evergreen conifer such as a spruce, pine or fir; roses made of coloured paper, tinsel, apples, wafers and confectionery as the traditional decorations; candles often replaced by Christmas lights after electrification; Tannenbaum meaning fir tree and not Christmas tree, for which the German is Weihnachtsbaum; firs as the most commonly used species, with the benefit of not shedding their needles when they dry out; trees once harvested from wild forests and now almost all grown on tree farms; living Christmas trees sold with roots and soil; cut trees recycled as mulch, wildlife habitat or against erosion) is from the English Wikipedia article Christmas tree (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree). Feather trees as one of the first artificial trees, made of green-dyed goose feathers on wire branches round a central dowel, widely spaced to keep the candles from starting a fire, are from Feather Christmas tree (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_Christmas_tree). A star or an angel as the most common toppers, and electric toppers with a gentle glow, are from Tree-topper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree-topper). Tinsel from an Old French word meaning sparkle is from Tinsel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinsel). Ornaments, baubles or globes in spherical shapes, reused year after year, are from Christmas ornament (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_ornament). O fir tree is from O Tannenbaum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Tannenbaum). Wishes on small pieces of paper hung on bamboo are from Tanabata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata). Kadomatsu placed in pairs at the gate after Christmas are from Kadomatsu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadomatsu). All eight were read on 2026-09-19. The 10 one-line text trees, 14 lines, 6 ASCII drawings and 10 combos are this site's own work: the emoji in them are fetched by name from emoji-test.txt, the plain characters by name from UnicodeData.txt, and the drawings were made for this page. The three-stroke fir is too plain to have an author; everything built on it was made here. The two carol lines quote only the title words of a traditional song. No row of the drawings and no one-line string is shared with this site's Christmas ASCII art, star ASCII art or one-line ASCII art pages. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work