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On Dec. 15, 1932, the readers of the Lincoln News Messenger were informed that there would be no community Christmas tree that year. The article went on to say that “the money it would cost can be better spent securing things that are more necessary to the comfort of the needy at this time, hence the funds will be diverted and used in the purchasing of food and Christmas goodies which will be distributed on Christmas eve [sic] to the needy families of the community.”
The New York Stock Market crash on Oct. 29, 1929, provided the final tipping point for a foundering world economy and led to the Great Depression. In December of that year, the City of Lincoln got its first community Christmas tree. But by 1932, the effects of the Depression had become too great, and the community leaders felt a Christmas tree was too extravagant an expense.
The following year, however, they reversed course and decided a Christmas tree might help assuage the gloom, and so the community Christmas tree returned in 1933.
Photo: Bringing Christmas trees out of the Tahoe National Forest, c. 1939
Don’t miss the fun coming this next week in...
Roseville: Neighborhood Santa, Holiday Gingerbread House Factory, 62nd Annual Sylvia Besana Parade, Merry Makers Winter Night Market Lincoln: ALL-i-day Gift Boutique, Holiday Cookie Exchange, “Natural Elements” Art Exhibit Auburn: Old Town Auburn Christmas, Wreath Laying Ceremony Foresthill: Gingerbread House Engineering North Lake Tahoe: Northstar Winter Wonders, Fall Harvest Market
...and many Placer County Library and Placer County Museum events.
Visit our regional partners to discover more of the fun happening right here in Placer County!
Placer County Visitors' Bureau North Tahoe Community Alliance Tahoe City Downtown Association The Arts Council of Placer County Placer Valley Tourism PlacerGROWN Placer Wine Trail
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