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"CONCORD, CA: City Christmas Tree Only Charlie Brown Could Love NBC Bay Area ^ | 12/3/9 | LORI PREUITT Posted on Friday, December 04, 2009 4:29:25 PM by SmithL The city of Concord, California is holding its Christmas tree lighting ceremony this weekend. And from the looks of the tree, it will barely be alive for its big moment. Instead of a beautiful freshly cut tree like in years past, Concord opted to use an existing tree in the town's square. The switch saved the city $20,000. Not a bad idea in these tough economic times. The mean-spirited would best describe the tree as pathetic. Those on the nicer side of life are likely reminded of the old classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The tree was scraggly to begin with, but at least it was green. It's since turned an ugly brown. You see, the well water the city is using to keep the grass around the tree extra green for all the people looking for an injection of the Christmas spirit is also causing the tree to turn extra brown. Well water has a substance called boron in it and, while that is great for grass, it is bad for this particular tree. The experts say it will recover, but not until spring. The city of Concord, California is holding its Christmas tree lighting ceremony this weekend. And from the looks of the tree, it will barely be alive for its big moment. Instead of a beautiful freshly cut tree like in years past, Concord opted to use an existing tree in the town's square. The switch saved the city $20,000. Not a bad idea in these tough economic times. The mean-spirited would best describe the tree as pathetic. Those on the nicer side of life are likely reminded of the old classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The tree was scraggly to begin with, but at least it was green. It's since turned an ugly brown. You see, the well water the city is using to keep the grass around the tree extra green for all the people looking for an injection of the Christmas spirit is also causing the tree to turn extra brown. Well water has a substance called boron in it and, while that is great for grass, it is bad for this particular tree. The experts say it will recover, but not until spring. The good people of Concord are embracing the Charlie Brown theme and are promoting another drive Linus would love. They are asking people to bring in new, washable twin-sized blankets that will be donated to an area homeless shelter. The good news is that it doesn't matter that the tree is thin or brown at night. A test run Wednesday proved the LED energy-saving lights look great."

12/9/2009 10:48:56 PM

i dont give a shit about that

12/9/2009 10:49:23 PM

yeah yeah i misspelled charlie

12/9/2009 10:49:36 PM

precious!

12/9/2009 10:49:45 PM

i dont give a shit about that

12/9/2009 10:50:25 PM

i can't stand seeing cities pay for xmas decorations, electricity to run xmas lights, etc.

12/9/2009 10:51:53 PM

think of what charlie brown's male ejaculate probably smelled like before he died

12/9/2009 10:52:25 PM

WAT

12/9/2009 10:53:15 PM

probably smelled like a pile of fuckin cum

12/9/2009 10:54:45 PM

the funny is real hit or miss with rat soup

12/9/2009 10:55:47 PM

^^WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR MIND AT SON

[Edited on December 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2009 10:56:14 PM

i'd lean more towards miss

12/9/2009 10:56:24 PM

20K? Better have been some really nice damn trees in the past.

12/9/2009 11:02:15 PM

to be completely honest i said i didn't give a shit about this and i still haven't read the article

12/9/2009 11:06:01 PM

Has no one else read the article but me? It just repeated itself half way through...lol

12/10/2009 1:38:37 AM

clearly a ctrl+v error

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

12/10/2009 1:39:56 AM