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Pennsylvania Residents Complain About “Ugly” Christmas Tree

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Getty 112414 ChristmasTreeTown?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1416825959651File photo. (The Image Bank/Getty Images)(READING, Pa.) — The Christmas tree in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania, wasn’t exactly bringing holiday cheer.

According to WFMZ.com, many residents complained that the 50-foot Norway Spruce was “ugly” and “pathetic,” and now it’s being replaced. “I think it does look a little pitiful,” resident Teresa Rodriguez said of the scraggly spruce. “I think they picked the wrong tree.”

Another resident who works near the tree, Martin McNeil, added, “It was a waste of time for them to even come out here and put this tree up. Honestly, they might as well put nothing out here.”

In response to the bah-humbugs, the city has decided to replace the tree with one that’s fuller and greener. The new tree is expected to be in place Monday or Tuesday. It will be decorated Friday and lit on Saturday. As for the poor old tree, it was adopted by a local business.


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