Our 2020 tour of town square Christmas trees in and around Birmingham

Back in 2016, on a whim, about a week before Christmas, I drove around Birmingham and its surrounding communities and took snapshots of Christmas trees in front of town squares and city halls.

Four years later, publishing photos of Christmas trees has become an annual tradition here at Bham Now.

For the first time, this year, I was joined by my colleague, Jacob Blankenship, who helped take photos from Leeds to Hoover.

Annual Christmas Lightings

According to Bhamwiki, Birmingham’s annual Christmas tree lighting began in 1947. This year, because the COVID-19 pandemic the annual parade and lighting ceremony downtown was nixed. 

Despite the city of Birmingham’s cancellation, several communities still held lighting ceremonies. They even got a little creative. Homewood, for example, held a “driveby” parade after they lit the famous Homewood Christmas Star.

Here is a fun fact. That star weighs 200 pounds, and the city started lighting it nearly 70 years ago in 1951.

Tour of 2020 Christmas Trees

Even though you may have missed a parade or tree lighting this year, we hope you can enjoy our 2020 photographic tour of the area’s Christmas trees.  I know we did.

Let’s begin:

Birmingham’s Linn Park in Front of City Hall

Birmingham’s Crossplex

Trussville on the Mall

Mountain Brook – the Square in Front of Brombergs

Gardendale City Hall

Homewood City Hall

Vestavia Hills City Center

Hoover City Hall

Birmingham’s The Summit

Leeds City Hall

Who did we miss? Please send us a photo of your local Christmas tree or better yet, tag us on social media @bhamnow