NO FOREST, BUT BIG TREES
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The time has come for stockings over the fireplace, mistletoe and Christmas carols--but it wouldn’t be a proper Christmas without an evergreen decorated with garlands, lights and a star on top.
This year Orange County’s biggest trees are not all evergreens, and in some cases their ornaments hold a deeper significance than simple decoration. The tree in Costa Mesa’s Crystal Court, for example, combines a steel frame covered with plywood and stapled screen and built-in lights with a Victorian exterior, two 16-foot-tall Santa Clauses, two trains and animated snow figurines. The decorations on St. Joseph Hospital’s tree, however, are more than simply festive: Each white light represents a donation in memory of a friend or relative; the ornaments on the community tree in Dana Point were all made by children from the R.H. Dana Exceptional Needs Facility for the handicapped.
Here’s where you can find the county’s biggest trees:
NEWPORT CENTER FASHION
ISLAND
62 Fashion Island (directly in front of the Broadway at 701 Newport Center Drive)
Newport Beach
Height: 110 feet
Type of tree: white fir
Origin: Mt. Shasta
Number of lights/ornaments: 5,000 lights, 5,000 ornaments
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
TOWN CENTER PARK
Bristol and Town Center Drive, behind the Imperial Bank tower (695 Town Center Drive) and next to Westin South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa
Height: 80 feet
Type of tree: Douglas fir
Origin: Washington
Number of lights/ornaments: 10,000 lights, one star at the top
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
DISNEYLAND
1313 S. Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim
Height: 55 feet
Type of tree: white fir
Origin: Mt. Shasta
Number of lights/ornaments: 2,000 lights, 1,300 ornaments, star at the top
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
CRYSTAL COURT
3333 Bear St.
Costa Mesa
Height: 50 feet
Type of tree: artificial
Origin: Studio Production, Tempe, Ariz.
Number of lights/ornaments: 4,000 lights
Display dismantled: Dec. 26
RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL
33533 Shoreline Dr.
Laguna Niguel
Height: 50 feet
Type of tree: Hybrid Noble
Origin: Oregon
Number of lights/ornaments: 130,000 white lights (on tree and vicinity)
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
KNOTT’S BERRY FARM
8039 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park
Height: 43 feet
Type of tree: Douglas fir
Origin: Mt. Shasta
Number of lights/ornaments: 2,000 lights, 1,500 ornaments
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
JEWEL COURT, SOUTH COAST PLAZA
3333 S. Bristol St.
Costa Mesa
Height: 40 feet
Type of tree: artificial
Origin: Barrango (display manufacturers), San Francisco
Number of lights/ornaments: 14,000 lights, 25 candelabra bases, 18 cherubs
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL
1100 W. Stewart Drive
Orange
Height: 35 feet
Type of tree: Santa Cruz redwood
Origin: Orange County Nursery
Number of lights/ornaments: 2,135 small white lights
Display dismantled: Jan. 1
LANTERN BAY PARK
Park Lantern St.
(below the Dana Point Resort)
Dana Point
Height: 30 feet
Type of tree: Monterey pine
Origin: California
Number of lights/ornaments: 150 lights, 100 ornaments
Display dismantled: Jan. 10
ANAHEIM HILTON AND TOWERS
77 W. Convention Way
Anaheim
Height: 30 feet
Type of tree: blue spruce
Origin: Oregon
Number of lights/ornaments: 10,000 lights
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
HUNTINGTON CENTER
7777 Edinger Ave.
Huntington Beach
Height: 22 feet
Type of tree: artificial
Origin: Smart Design, Salt Lake City, Utah
Number of lights/ornaments: 180 lights, 125 ornaments
Display dismantled: Jan. 2
Source: Individual sponsors
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