Felton has a few things most little towns its size don’t: two state parks, two Chinese restaurants and one 100-foot heritage redwood tree right in the middle of town. For seven years now, Christmas lights have bedecked the big fella during the holiday season, making a mighty pretty sight for anyone driving into the valley on a cold December night. In recent years the good people at the Felton Business Association have seen to it that the lights are low-energy LED models powered by solar panels, bringing that much more joy to the world.
Felton has a few things most little towns its size don’t: two state parks, two Chinese restaurants and one 100-foot heritage redwood tree right in the middle of town. For seven years now, Christmas lights have bedecked the big fella during the holiday season, making a mighty pretty sight for anyone driving into the valley on a cold December night. In recent years the good people at the Felton Business Association have seen to it that the lights are low-energy LED models powered by solar panels, bringing that much more joy to the world.
This year, however, the big tree is dark. A lovely little tree on the deck that surrounds it is lit, but it’s lights out for the big boy—save, we’re told, for a few mystery bulbs at the very top. So what gives?
Well, no one wanted to go on the record, but to the best we can figure, it comes down to this: volunteers could be found to put the lights up, but finding someone to take them back down again after the holiday was like looking for good eggnog at a vegan AA bash: it just wasn’t happening. And in the meantime lights would get busted and branches broken, making the ghost of Christmas past sort of messy.
So we’re issuing this holiday message: if anybody with a cherry picker and no fear of heights feels the spirit and wants to bring back the lights to the San Lorenzo Valley, call us here at 457.9000 x 203 and we’ll put you in touch with the right people. Happy Holidays, and twinkle on.
