OB’s Holiday Tree for 2023 goes up at the foot of Newport Avenue, Tuesday, November 28. A short vid by Charles Landon.
Fox5News of San Diego has the back story:
It’s perhaps the smallest tree OB Town Council has put up, but residents say its size doesn’t take away from how special it is, and the tradition behind it.
FOX 5 was at a home in the 4600 block of Larkspur Street where the tree stood in splendid beauty. With the help of a crane, the tree cutting crew managed to cut and then lift the nearly 40 foot star pine and placed it onto a flatbed truck.
Watching it all happen in their Christmas pajamas were Michelle and Della Fitzmorris, a mother daughter duo.
“The story behind it is our neighbors in the front planted it 27 years ago. It was their Christmas tree when they moved in here … and this is it! It’s going to be donated for our OB Christmas tree. It’s just the most wonderful story. We’re so happy to be a part of it,” said Michelle Fitzmorris.
The star pine tree was then transported to the heart of Ocean Beach right off of Newport Avenue, keeping a more than 40-year-old tradition alive.
Over the next few days, the finishing touches will be added to the tree just in time for Saturday’s holiday parade.
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We have got to stop denuding Ocean Beach and Point Loma of perfectly good trees just for this holiday that not everyone celebrates. People are being offered the financial incentive of remove a tree that would cost a home owner money they would not otherwise spend making it too easy a decision. A couple of years ago a tree was removed just because the owners didn’t want to clean up after it anymore. This new tree was donated by an absentee landlord from a rental property.
Let’s consider an alternative. Buy a decent sized tree from a tree lot and set it up on the sidewalk for the holiday. These trees come from tree farms not from our neighborhoods and would not be missed. This one will be.