Every year since 1957, the city of Chandler, Arizona has put up a 35 foot "Tumbleweed" Christmas Tree...
I remember as a kid we used to go to the Parkway Theatre, watch a cartoon and 2 movies (for 25 cents) then go across the street (where the tree was) and burrow our way underneath the tree - the world's largest "fort..."
Chandler has grown from 18,000 people (when I was a kid) to more than 200,000 people and although the city has changed - I'm glad to see the tradition hasn't...