"Yes, San Francisco has a spot that remains on maps called Christmas Treet Point, as well as that road named for it, despite the fact that this hilltop on Twin Peaks has not seen a Christmas tree lit on it for 75 years. It is certainly a visible spot that would make for a festive tree installation, and that was the idea behind the original Christmas tree installed there in 1927, spearheaded by the city's former newspaper of record, the San Francisco Examiner."
"The Examiner announced its plans that year to install a tree on Twin Peaks, and as the Chronicle's Peter Hartlaub recounts for us this week, big-money interests and City Hall got involved, helping to fund the cutting down and transportation of a giant, 120-foot tree from Mendocino. That tree proved so massive that it had to be cut into parts with all of its limbs removed, and then reassambled like a Lincoln Log structure with hole drilled in the trunk for the formerly attached branches to stick out of."
A massive holiday tree was installed on Twin Peaks in 1927, sourced from Mendocino and funded with support from wealthy backers and City Hall. The tree measured about 120 feet and had to be cut into sections, stripped of limbs, and reassembled with holes drilled for formerly attached branches. Once decorated, the tree was lit nightly until 3 a.m. and reportedly visible from Marin County and across the East Bay. The installation returned in 1928 and 1929 but lasted only a couple of years. The early displays provoked loud protests from St. Francis Wood resident Charles Sandy Pratt.
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