Christmas Tree Forest

A READING WONDERLAND 2024

On view through 01/02/2025

Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Christmas Tree Forest presented by H-E-B, the Junior League of Corpus Christi and the Art Museum of South Texas!  The theme of A Reading Wonderland gives students, teachers and families in the Corpus Christi area the opportunity to foster a love of reading and to promote critical thinking and creativity through exploration of award-winning literature and illustrations.

While on view through January 3, 2024, visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite tree, either in person, on our social media or here on our website (see below FMI); H-E-B gift cards will be awarded to the 3 trees with the most votes.

A FREE FAMILY DAY event will be held on December 14, 10am – 3pm. Join us for H-E-B goodie bag giveaways, hands-on art activities, photos with Santa, live musical and dance performances, and more! 

The 2024 Christmas Tree Forest includes the following book themes and youth organizations. Click on each image to view it in closer detail.

Each of the 30 participating school groups selected an award-winning children’s book and were then asked to read and hand-craft decorations to reflect the book’s theme/characters. Please vote for the school group you feel met the criteria most successfully by clicking the link below. One vote per person per day, please

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TREE

(click on each picture to view it larger)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Corpus Christi Montessori School	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Ray High School	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory St. Patrick Elementary School	A Charlie Brown Christmas Nate’s Next Kid Up	Chato’s Kitchen Ray High School Student Council
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Creekside Elementary School PTA	Cinderella Incarnate Word Academy High School	Curious George Kolda Elementary School PTA	The Day the Crayons Quit Incarnate Word Academy Elementary School	Dinos Love Donuts Tuloso-Midway Primary Library
Extra Yarn Hicks Elementary School 1st Grade	Felice and the Wailing Woman Skidmore-Tynan High School	Harold and the Purple Crayon Seashore Middle Academy	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Corpus Christi 4-H Club	How the Grinch Stole Christmas Seale Junior High
The Hundred Dresses Flour Bluff HS National Honor Society	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Sanders Elementary School Book Club	Jumanji King High School Student Council	The Nightmare Before Christmas Garcia Arts & Education Center	Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Los Encinos ES Girl Scout Troop #4064
Peter Pan Seaside Christian Co-Op	The Pout Pout Fish Calallen East Elementary	The Rainbow Fish AMSTeens	The Secret Garden St. Pius X Catholic School	The Story of Ferdinand Jones Elementary School Student Council
Treasure Island Carroll High School National Honor Society	The Very Busy Spider Tuloso-Midway Primary School Gifted & Talented	Where the Wild Things Are Corpus Teen Homeschoolers & Calallen Co-Op	Winnie the Pooh Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Beeville ISD STEM Academy