AUBURN — City crews will be cutting, delivering and erecting two official city Christmas trees Friday.
The main tree, a 30-foot pine, will be cut Friday morning at 72 Louise St. in New Auburn. Crews from Cote Crane will take the tree to Festival Plaza where it will be installed for the season.
The tree will be delivered between 8 and 11 a.m., according to Rick Hersom, Auburn city arborist, and could tie up traffic along South Main Street and Main Street.
A smaller tree will be cut down at 38 Rose Terrace, just southeast of the Mount Auburn Avenue overpass at Center Street. The 16-foot pine will be delivered to Raymond Park in New Auburn.
“This is the first year we’ve done two official trees,” Hersom said. “It’s going to be pretty high up, so it should be pretty visible.”
The city of Lewiston will cut down and deliver its Christmas tree on Tuesday. Crews will cut down the tree at 1090 Main St. at about 8 a.m. and deliver it to Dufresne Plaza on Lisbon Street by 11 a.m.
It’s all in preparation for the Twin Cities Holiday Celebration and Parade of Lights scheduled for Nov. 30.
This year’s celebration begins at the Lewiston tree in Dufresne Plaza with the 6 p.m. tree lighting and parade. The parade will travel down Lisbon Street, down Main Street and across the Longley Bridge to Auburn.
The parade’s destination is Festival Plaza and the Auburn tree. The tree and a menorah will be lit, there will be music by Nick Knowlton and hot chocolate, coffee and goodies. Children can have their pictures taken with Santa Claus, and Stillbrook Acres will be offering free wagon rides.
There will be free story time and other activities in Auburn Hall before the parade.
This is the fifth year the two cities have combined their holiday celebration.
The rain date for the celebration and parade is Dec. 1.
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