{"id":14521,"date":"2013-11-29T03:48:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T11:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=14521"},"modified":"2013-11-29T03:50:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T11:50:04","slug":"ceremonious-tree-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/ceremonious-tree-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremonious Tree Lighting Ceremonies Put You in the Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/catrlt.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured left to right: Snow Queen at Lighting of the Old Oak Tree in Danville; Real Reindeer at Monterey&#8217;s Cannery Row Tree Lighting Ceremony; San Jose Tree Lighting in the Park; and 2013 Queen Hannah Duffy at Kingsburg&#8217;s Swedish Julgransfest Tree Lighting.<\/p>\n<p>Today is referred to by some as Black Friday, indicating that merchants and retailers look for shoppers to put them in black ink, so to speak. When you make a profit, you&#8217;re in the black, as opposed to red, indicating a deficit or loss. As we drove around on Thanksgiving Day, we observed that this is also going to be Green Friday because of all the tree lots filled with Christmas Trees looking for homes. There&#8217;s a short window of opportunity to buy, decorate and enjoy a tree before \u00a0it dries up, the pine needles fall off and it becomes a danger. They say that this year is the shortest window of opportunity to shop, buy a tree and decorate because Thanksgiving fell on Nov. 28, which is considered late. Many tree lighting ceremonies are happening a bit later this year. Here are some Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremonies held on Black Friday. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 29, 2013 TREE LIGHTING CEREMONIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/danville-tree-lighting.html\">Danville, California Old Oak Tree Lighting Ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/huntington-beach-tree-lightings.html\">Huntington Beach, California Tree Lighting Ceremonies <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/kingsburg-tree-lighting.html\">Kingsburg \u00a0Julgransfest Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/monterey-tree-lighting.html\">Monterey\u00a0 Tree Lighting Ceremony at Cannery Row<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/paso-robles-tree-lighting.html\">Paso Robles Tree Lighting Ceremony Downtown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/placerville-tree-lighting.html\">Placerville Festival of Lights\u00a0 Tree Lighting Ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/san-francisco-tree-lightings.html\">San Francisco Tree Lighting Ceremonies\u00a0 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/san-jose-tree-lightings.html\">San Jose California Tree Lighting Ceremonies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/yountville-lights-festival.html\">Yountville, CA Festival of Lights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured left to right: Snow Queen at Lighting of the Old Oak Tree in Danville; Real Reindeer at Monterey&#8217;s Cannery Row Tree Lighting Ceremony; San Jose Tree Lighting in the Park; and 2013 Queen Hannah Duffy at Kingsburg&#8217;s Swedish Julgransfest Tree Lighting. 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