Posts Tagged ‘Oakland Christmas tree’
Winter holidays: Oakland North’s favorite stories from the most wonderful time of the year
Happy holidays, Oakland! Here are some of our favorite winter holiday stories from the last few years, on everything from how the city installs its giant Christmas tree to how to make gingerbread cookies to how the postal service handles the deluge of holiday mail.
Read MoreFir or Plastic? Oakland residents weigh their Christmas tree options
Megan Reed and Christine Landry are in the market for two Christmas trees, as they push a stroller with their infant son through aisles of options at the Simonis Christmas Tree Lot on Telegraph Avenue and 51st Street on a quiet Monday morning. Reed and Landry usually buy one Christmas tree for their home, but…
Read MoreFifty-five foot Christmas tree raised in Jack London Square
The average Christmas tree can be brought home in the back of the family station wagon, with the top of the tree hanging out the back window. Oakland’s Christmas tree was a bit too big for that. A Peterbilt truck hauled the 55-foot, 8,000-pound red fir from to Oakland Shasta County in a 50-foot trailer—with the top of the tree hanging out the back.
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