Winnipeg’s Christmas tree goes up at city hall

WINNIPEG – The installation of a Christmas tree at city hall is a tradition that gets Winnipeggers in the holiday spirit every year.

A 12-metre-tall Colorado blue spruce tree was chopped down in William Boris Todoruk’s yard at 625 Springfield Rd. Sunday morning.

More than 150 citizens offered trees from their yards to be chosen.

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Todoruk’s 50-year-old tree was taken to city hall on a flatbed and positioned by a crane.

The tree will remain at the corner of Main Street and Market Avenue for the holiday season.

Over the next few days, the city’s forestry department will decorate the tree with more than 9,000 multi-coloured LED bulbs by hand. The lights will be fastened to the end of the branches with plastic ties.

The ceremonial lighting of the tree will take place Friday just after 6 p.m.