Record #:

15419

Author(s):

Howell, Gertrude Jenkins

Abstract:

An old, live oak in Wilmington is the largest living Christmas tree in the United States. Every year, the tree which is thought to date back to the 17th-century, is decorated with 1,200 vari-colored lights and many thousands of ornaments.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 4 Issue 18, Oct 1936, p7, 16, f

Subject(s):

Christmas trees--North Carolina