Create a Super‑Simple Python Christmas Tree in 6 Lines

Python Christmas Tree

First, define the tree height. The variable height is set to 8, which means the tree will have eight rows.

Next, set the initial number of snowflake characters. The variable snowflake starts at 1.

The core of the program is a for loop that runs height times. In each iteration the code prints a line consisting of spaces followed by a number of asterisks ( *) that represent snowflakes. The number of leading spaces is height - i to center the tree, and the number of asterisks is the current value of snowflake. After printing a line, snowflake is increased by 2 so the next line becomes wider, forming the triangular shape of the tree.

Finally, the trunk is printed. Three identical lines are output, each consisting of height spaces followed by a vertical bar ( |). The trunk lines can be omitted for an even shorter version.

height = 8
snowflake = 1
for i in range(height):
    print((' ' * (height - i)) + ('*' * snowflake))
    snowflake += 2
print((' ' * height) + '|')
print((' ' * height) + '|')
print((' ' * height) + '|')

The article notes that Python’s syntax is concise: variables do not need explicit type declarations, and statements do not require trailing semicolons. This makes the example especially approachable for beginners.