用书做你的下一棵圣诞树

用书做你的下一棵圣诞树

My friend Gwen posted a photo yesterday on her social page. The photo was of a Christmas tree made from carefully placed books. It was very clever. After doing a little research, I found that making Christmas trees from a pile of books is trendy right now, especially at libraries. This photo gallery of trees made of books will give you great inspiration.

我的朋友格温昨天在她的社交网页上贴了一张照片。这张照片是一棵由精心摆放的书做成的圣诞树。它非常聪明。在做了一些调查之后，我发现用一堆书做圣诞树现在很流行，尤其是在图书馆里。这个由书组成的圣诞树图片库将会给你很大的灵感。

A Christmas tree made from the National Union Catalog, built at the Gleeson Library, the University of San Francisco. (Photo: Shawncalhoun [CC BY-SA 3.0]/Wikimedia Commons)

The Inglewood Library in Los Angeles created a tree from little used books using red books on the bottom to simulate a tree skirt and green books for the tree itself. Other examples are from the Gleeson Library in San Francisco and a small bookstore window in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. One of the great things about using books to create a decorative Christmas tree is that there is no waste. After Dec. 25, the books just go back on the shelf.

洛杉矶的英格尔伍德图书馆用一些用过的小书做了一棵树，用底部的红皮书做裙子，用绿皮做圣诞树。其他的例子还有旧金山的格里森图书馆和宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒的一个小书店橱窗。用书来装饰圣诞树的好处之一就是没有浪费。12月25日之后，这些书就会回到书架上。

I couldn’t find any specific instructions online with tips for constructing a tree out of books, but it seemed pretty simple. So last night, my 9-year-old son and I emptied several of the shelves in his room and constructed our own tree out of copies of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “Captain Underpants,” “Stink,” “Harry Potter,” “The Tale of Desperaux” and dozens of other books. The top book on the tree is “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”

我在网上找不到任何具体的说明，告诉我如何用书本做出一棵树，但这看起来很简单。所以昨晚，我9岁的儿子和我清空了他房间里的几个书架，用《小屁孩日记》、《内裤队长》、《臭味》、《哈利·波特》、《亡命之徒的故事》和其他几十本书的副本，搭起了我们自己的圣诞树。圣诞树上的第一本书是“史上最好的圣诞庆典”。

We took an old string of lights and wrapped them around the tree and a spare star tree topper that we had and lit the tree of books up. He was thrilled to have his own Christmas tree in his bedroom.

我们拿了一串旧灯，把它们绕在树上，还有一个备用的星状树顶饰，把书树点亮了。他很高兴自己的卧室里有一棵圣诞树。

You can hang ornaments from the book corners or just prop them on the books. (Photo: Bibliotheek Kortrijk [CC BY 2.0]/flickr)

We didn’t worry about making the tree perfectly symmetrical, but with a little more time and patience we could have made a tree that was taller and a little neater. That wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun for us, though. I could see the tree though the crack in his door last night as he was sleeping, and it made me smile every time I walked past his bedroom.

我们并不担心如何使树完全对称，但如果有更多的时间和耐心，我们可以使树更高，更整洁。但这对我们来说就没那么有趣了。昨晚他睡觉的时候，我从门缝里看到了那棵树，每次经过他的卧室，我都忍不住笑了。

Here's another person's version of a home book Christmas tree. (Photo: solarisgirl [CC BY-SA 2.0]/Flickr)

Throughout this page are some examples of Christmas trees from libraries, bookstores and book-loving homes. Some do it as their only tree; others add it to their holiday decor.

贯穿这一页的是一些来自图书馆、书店和爱书之家的圣诞树的例子。有些人把它当作唯一的树;还有一些人把它添加到节日装饰中。

A Christmas tree made of books sits in the Round Room at the Stan Hywet manor house in Akron, Ohio. (Photo: Tim Evanson [CC BY-SA 2.0]/flickr)

I wanted to share this easy, clever, fun idea with you. Maybe it will inspire you to make your own tree out of books (which, come to think about it, were made out of trees to begin with).

我想和你分享这个简单、聪明、有趣的想法。也许它会激励你用书来做你自己的树(想想吧，书本来就是用树做的)。

You can make your tree as big or as small as you like, depending upon the number of books on your shelves. (Photo: Matito [CC BY-SA 2.0]/Flickr)

If you want to give it a try with just a few books and lights in a small space, here's a simple idea:

如果你想尝试一下，在一个小空间里放几本书和几盏灯，这里有一个简单的想法:

A simple idea for a small space. (Photo: pearspective/Shutterstock)