Sending another Idiot-ic entry to the contest looking for the weirdest location to find a Christmas tree in the U.S.
This not-all-that-attracive Christmas tree off the freeway between Redding and Red Bluff, CA, has been “decorated” annually for 42 years.
“It’s not an especially pretty tree,” a Christmas tree critic wrote over a decade ago. “In fact, some might say it’s a downright wicked-looking tree.”
But locals love it in an “Ugly Duckling” kinda way.
“I hope it brings a lot of joy to people,” said the man who’s been decorating the tree in memory of a deceased friend. “We’ll keep on doing this for as long as we live here.”
(Photo: Terri Stratte)
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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