Christmas tree in front of the Birmingham City Hall, December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Ok, I’ve got to admits it. I like seeing Christmas Trees.
Yep, I’m sort of like a White House or Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree geek. There is just something about visiting a Christmas Tree in front of City Hall or in a park and town center that says “community.”
Public Christmas Trees
Over this past weekend, despite 48 hours of continuous rain, I hopped from city to city to see this year’s public Christmas trees.
I went from Bessemer to Trussville, traveling more than a 100 miles crisscrossing Jefferson County. Obviously, we didn’t catch all 30+ municipalities in the county, but I did my best. If I missed your city, send Bham Now a photo at hello@bhamnow.com or message us on Facebook, and we’ll update this story.
Meanwhile, here is what I discovered.
Birmingham
Christmas tree in front of the Birmingham City Hall with the Jefferson County Courthouse in the background, December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Bessemer
Christmas tree at Bessemer’s Debardeleben Park near city hall, December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Gardendale
Gardendale Christmas Tree in front of city hall on December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Homewood
City of Homewood Christmas Tree in front of the city hall on December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Vestavia Hills
Christmas Tree at Vestavia Hills City on December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Christmas Tree at Vestavia Hills City on December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham NowVestavia Hill’s Sibyl Temple. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Mountain Brook
Christmas Tree in front of Bromberg’s in Mountain Brook Village, December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Irondale
City of Irondale’s Christmas Treein front of City Hall, December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham NowTrain decorated near Irondale City Hall. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Trussville
Christmas Tree on the mall in historic Trussville, Alabama, December 22, 2019. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Hoover
Christmas Tree in front of the Hoover City Hall. Photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.
