Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2019 - 3:05pm
![ONU Christmas tree with a polar bear](https://www.blufftonicon.com/sites/default/files/styles/feature/public/images/cutlines/2019/39845-whats-your-christmas-tree-says-lot-about-you-read.jpg?itok=KuzI4hz9)
![Bluffton University Christmas tree with a beaver](https://www.blufftonicon.com/sites/default/files/styles/feature/public/images/cutlines/2019/39846-whats-your-christmas-tree-says-lot-about-you-read.jpg?itok=wDtRXlNE)
FROM ADA ICON - (This photo story is also on Bluffton Icon. ) Don't be surpised if you find polar bears on Christmas trees on the ONU campus. It's a local phenomenon, as all Ohio communities carry on their own holiday tree ornament traditions.
For example, in neighoring Bluffton it is not surprising to find a beaver on a tree, as is evident in the next photo in this series. (This story is also posted on Ada Icon.)
![ONU Christmas tree with a polar bear](https://www.blufftonicon.com/sites/default/files/styles/feature/public/images/cutlines/2019/39845-whats-your-christmas-tree-says-lot-about-you-read.jpg?itok=KuzI4hz9)
![Bluffton University Christmas tree with a beaver](https://www.blufftonicon.com/sites/default/files/styles/feature/public/images/cutlines/2019/39846-whats-your-christmas-tree-says-lot-about-you-read.jpg?itok=wDtRXlNE)
![Bluffton University Christmas tree with a beaver](https://www.blufftonicon.com/sites/default/files/styles/feature/public/images/cutlines/2019/39847-whats-your-christmas-tree-says-lot-about-you-read.jpg?itok=UmzIPYZd)
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