Each year 1000 tumbleweeds are collected from the city and are assembled into a tree. Then it is painted and donned with glitter and lights. It is a fun southwest tradition.
I have a picture of my great grandparents standing in front of the tree from the 60's. If I were more organzied I would find the picture and include it. But, alas it is somewhere in my closet!
Assembly of the tree, with each individual tumbleweed.
What unique tradition does your town practice at the Holidays?
3 comments:
This is so cool! I've never seen such a thing before (I've also never seen a tumbleweed in person, either).
Where I live we don't have anything near as unique, but we do have a huge light display set up on several acres - you have to pay to get in and drive though it, and it's all set to music. People come from all over to see it!
Hi Heather! Thank you so much. Tumbleweeds are definitely a weed. They are not very full and a little spiky and actually blow all over the place wind the blows -hence the name tumbleweed.
The light display sounds lovely!
Happy New Year!
Kari
Hi Heather! Thank you so much. Tumbleweeds are definitely a weed. They are not very full and a little spiky and actually blow all over the place wind the blows -hence the name tumbleweed. The light display sounds lovely! Happy New Year! Kari
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