What is a Jesse Tree?

Jesse was the father of King David and the great-great-(many greats)-grandfather of Jesus. The concept of a Jesse tree comes from the prophecy of Isaiah, which reads:
“But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.”
-Isaiah 11:1
Christians attribute this passage to Jesus Christ. Jesus was the branch (shoot) and flower (bud) that grew out of the stump (roots) of Jesse’s tree.
Sometime during the middle ages, stained-glass windows began to depict the family tree of Jesus as “Jesse Trees.” The connection between a family tree and the root of Jesse in the Book of Isaiah seemed like an obvious connection.
With Jesse Trees, Christians remember the many important figures and family members of Jesus throughout the Bible that lead up to the birth of Christ. The Jesse Tree is a way to celebrate Jesus’s coming by looking at the lives of the people who came before him.
Here is a common sequence of ornaments in a Jesse Tree:
December 1: Adam and Eve
December 2: Noah
December 3: Abraham
December 4: Isaac
December 5: Jacob
December 6: Joseph
December 7: Moses
December 8: Ruth
December 9: Samuel
December 10: Jesse
December 11: David
December 12: Solomon
December 13: Isaiah
December 14: Jeremiah
December 15: Mary
December 16: Joseph
December 17: John the Baptist
December 18: O Wisdom
December 19: O Lord
December 20: O Flower of Jesse's Stem
December 21: O Key of David
December 22: O Radiant Dawn
December 23: O King of the Nations
December 24: O Emmanuel
The final week of the Jesse Tree features a series of prayers called the “O Antiphons” (O Wisdom, O Lord, O Flower of Jesse’s Stem, O Emmanuel, etc.). The prayers are the familiar beginnings of each verse of the Christmas carol “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”
The Jesse Tree tradition in home developed along with two other Advent traditions: Christmas trees and Advent calendars. The Christmas tree has ornaments just like a Jesse Tree and the Advent calendar marks each new day leading up to Christmas just like the ornaments in a Jesse Tree.
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[@misseli1]

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[@josephrobi6806]

Interesting thanks for sharing. 😅