A decorated evergreen strung with lights and ornaments, a star or topper up above — that's the Christmas-tree emoji. It's shorthand for the holiday season itself: gift shopping, family gatherings, decorating, and the general countdown-to-Christmas cheer, used from late November straight through New Year's.
What 🎄 means
An evergreen tree animated with frilled descending layers of leaves decorated with colorful balls and a star at the top. The entire tree is balanced on a round and thick but short trunk.
The 🎄 Christmas Tree emoji signifies Christmas and everything to do with the holiday season. Apart from the festivities, this emoji also represents other aspects and personal emotions associated with Christmas.
How and when to use it
- While asking someone if they're waiting for Christmas, pop in the 🎄. For example,
"I just cannot wait to wear my new shoes!!!"
"Then wear them. What you waiting for? Christmas? 🎄". - The highlight of 🎄 is the decoration, and more so, the star at the top. If you want to describe a metaphorical picture about being on top, you can use 🎄. Like, "I may not be a star, but I love being at the top 🎄"
- If you're sharing a childhood picture where your parent(s) overdressed you, or if you're asking someone if you're dressed way too much for the occasion, you can use 🎄 - "Look at baby Christmas tree 🎄" or "It's a casual meeting, am I overdressed? 🎄" respectively.
- 🎄 can be one of your Christmassy emojis in post captions while sharing Christmas posts, reposts, a personal picture/video, or a social media story.
Other Names
- 🎄 Evergreen Tree
- 🎄 Decorated Evergreen Tree
- 🎄 Fir Tree
- 🎄 Decked Up Pine
- 🎄 Christmas
- 🎄 Xmas Tree
- 🎄 Christmas Bush
The lowdown
- Category
- Activities › event
- Codepoints
U+1F384- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:christmas_tree:- Keywords
- celebration, Christmas, tree
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🎄 Christmas Tree or 🦒 Giraffe?
Runs with a crowd
🎄 keeps company in christmas emojis and green emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.