She kept the legend -- that the cedar trees in Lebanon kneel down at midnight on Christmas Eve -- in her mind for quite some time, until a visit to a local school matched the face of … Their grandmother tells them how the trees kneel on Christmas in their homeland of Lebanon, but in their new home of Brooklyn the people do not have enough faith for the trees to kneel. The Trees Kneel at Christmas I found this old book at the library while under orders from my daughters to seek out every available copy of the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. After Grandmother explains why the trees in Lebanon kneel at Christmas, Afify and Hanna hope to witness a similar miracle in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 4.4 The title captured my attention immediately. The Trees Kneel At Christmas is a delightful story of two Lebanese-American children in 1951 Brooklyn. She is told a folktale by her relatives about how the trees in Lebanon kneel at midnight on Christmas Eve and she becomes determined to see for herself if this is true in Brooklyn as well. I loved the cultural aspects of the book, emphasizing the melting pot beauty of America in describing the Lebanese traditions and culture, and how this family intermingled that with the American ways.

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