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An 82-foot Christmas tree arrived in Fort Worth on Monday, Nov. 25, after a 1,200-mile journey.
The 78th Annual Fort Worth Community Christmas Tree traveled 1,236 miles from Cadillac, Michigan, to Sundance Square. The Norway Spruce is the tallest live Christmas tree in Texas, according to Sundance Square.
Workers installed the tree in the middle of Sundance Square Plaza on Monday. This week, it will be decorated with lights and hand-painted ornaments ahead of the formal tree-lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
The tree lighting ceremony is free to attend at 420 Main St.
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This year’s Christmas tree is two feet taller than the 80-foot Norway Spruce that was installed in Sundance Square in 2023.
The Sundance Square Christmas tree has gotten larger in the past few years. A 55-foot tree was installed in 2021, and a 65-foot tree was installed in 2022.
This year’s 82-foot tree is also taller than the official 20-foot White House Christmas tree that arrived in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Additionally, Fort Worth’s tree is larger than the 74-foot tree in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.
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Fort Worth’s Christmas tree tradition was started by Amon Carter in 1947 and was originally placed in Burke Burnett Park, according to previous Star-Telegram reporting.
The Fort Worth Jaycees took over the project in 1956 and moved it to the east of the Convention Center, at 9th and Main streets, in 1986.
Fort Worth City Council approved the tree’s relocation to Sundance Square in 1999. In 2004, Sundance Square took over managing the annual Christmas tree project.
This story was originally published November 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM.
