What could be better than experiencing that jolly holiday spirit right in your own front yard? For over seventy years, locals have done just that as Fulton Street in Palo Alto California has been transformed into a wonderland of Palo Alto homes ornately decorated in the holiday style.
It began as a tradition in 1940 that in the evening during the two weeks prior to New Year’s Day residents place rows of lighted miniature Christmas trees along each side of the road. The decorations on Christmas Tree Lane Palo Alto have expanded over the years, until today when families can be seen walking in huddled groups or driving slowly down the festively decorated street, seeing not only the Christmas trees, but homes bedecked with holiday décor, some extravagant, and some more simply adorned.
It warms the hearts of young and old to see the light of wonder gleaming in many a child’s eyes. Experiencing this local Christmas lights Palo Alto tradition has become an enjoyable family tradition which more often than not gets passed from generation to generation.
Every year the festivities at Palo Alto Christmas Tree Lane are expanded and people are introducing their own new traditions. For many years carolers could be seen wandering the streets, the past few years there has been a hot chocolate fundraiser, and there is an annual coffee which is held on the evening of the first lighting, bringing neighbors together to mingle and reminisce. So come one, come all, to Palo Alto and evoke a fond memory from your childhood.
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