Culture
The Secret History of Your City's Christmas Tree
Some have traveled from the Great White North, others are annually unearthed from the back of a semi-truck.
It may not quite be Thanksgiving yet, but some of the nation’s biggest Christmas trees are already towering over some of the nation’s largest cities. Pop singer and American Idol alum Jordin Sparks has already presided over the lighting of Atlanta’s major tree, the one that sits on the top of Lenox Square’s Macy’s department store in Buckhead. That happened Sunday, November 22. Holiday creep is alive and well and living in Georgia.
The Christmas conifers of the American metropolis often hide secret histories, ones that bristle with politics and intrigue (but mostly heart-warming holiday cheer).