Auntie Meg came through again. One year she sent a packet of snow. This year it was a crystal tree. Maddie and Max set it up at 10:30. By 1 PM when we left the house to go visiting, you could see the crystals beginning to flower. At 7:30 when we returned, we found the tree totally in bloom. What fun!
@olivetreeann here is what she wrote,"I bought it at a store in Harvard Square called Black Ink." it is called a crystal tree. Now you are on the hunt!