Workers from Sandone Christmas Trees, a Dallas-based company with a tree farm in Michigan, set up a 55-foot Norwegian spruce in Sundance Square Plaza on Nov. 17.

  • A Sandone Christmas Trees worker adjusts straps used to safely move the 55-foot Norweigan spruce. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • A worker makes final adjustments to straps used to move the Norweigan spruce tree. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • A worker holds a strap used to direct the tree’s base on Nov. 17. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • A worker gives directions to a crane operator on Nov. 17. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • A machine operator listens for directions on how to move the Christmas tree on Nov. 17. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Dallas-based company Sandone Christmas Trees provided the 55-foot Norweigan spruce. The company has a tree farm in Michigan and has about 15 trees set up in North Texas. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • The Sundance Square Plaza Christmas tree is the same species as the tree used in the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting — Norweigan spruce. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Workers give directions to another working safely strapping up the Christmas tree on Nov. 17. (Cristian ArguetaSoto. | Fort Worth Report)
  • A machine lifts the Christmas tree off a truck bed. The tree is secured using straps and a hook. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • A trailer pulls away after workers safely lift the Christmas tree off the bed. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Residents watch as workers lift the Christmas tree off a truck bed. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • A worker adjusts lifting straps on the Christmas tree at Sundance Square Plaza on Nov. 17. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Workers measure the tree’s base at Sundance Square Plaza on Nov. 17. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • This is the first time Sundance Square used a Norwegian spruce for its Christmas tree. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • The Norweigan spruce stands at 55 feet tall. The tree will be decorated and lit for viewing by Nov. 21. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)

This year, the Square is using the same species of tree used in the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting in New York City.

If you go:
What: Parade of Lights
When: Sunday, Nov. 21, 6 p.m.
Where: Downtown Fort Worth, Sundance Square Plaza
More information: Event site

The tree will be decorated and available for viewing before Nov. 21, when the Parade of Lights will take place in downtown Fort Worth starting at 6 p.m.

Cristian ArguetaSoto is the community engagement journalist at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him by email or via Twitter. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.

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Cristian ArguetaSoto is the community engagement journalist at the Fort Worth Report. He can be reached at cristian.arguetasoto@fortworthreport.org or (817) 317-6991.

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