Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree

Well today we lit up our Christmas downtown at Churchill Square. This is a 71 foot tall Douglas Fir with 10,000 lights on it and a nice star on the top.
There was a good size crowd out despite the cold, -30 degrees Celcius, weather. There was live entertainment and fireworks to go with the tree being all lit up.
Sorry for it being a little on the blurry side but no tripod and my hands were so cold by the time I took this shot. I think it still gets the idea across. Christmas season has officially kicked off here in the Great White North

[Laurie Higgins]

That is quite a tree! Wow.

[Deb Sulzberger]

White christmas, always wondered what that would be like....The blur actually gives the ornaments a great effect :)

[Shirley Chetwynd]

A lovely colourful tree, they are going up everywhere in Australia, i would prefer for the decorations to go up in December tho.

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj With six weeks to go it is a little early

[bkb in the city]

@debsulzberger The white is nice I could do without the cold weather though

[bkb in the city]

@lauriehiggins It is very nice to see in person

[Tammi Burns]

Wow! That is such a beautiful tree!

[Courtney]

Gorgeous light scene

[Allison Williams]

Our holiday season in the U.S. is officially kicked off after Thanksgiving but i realize the Candian Thanksgiving is in Oct. which gives you a longer season. Of course many of our merchants jump the gun by about 6 weeks so they would be happy to get the tree lit early. Love the colors here.

[bkb in the city]

@allie912 Thanks The merchants have had christmas merchandise in the stores now for several weeks

[bkb in the city]

@cfitzgerald Thanks Courtney

[bkb in the city]

@tsburns2001 I look forward to seeing it each year

[Brian Baptie]

Love the colour and decorations of the tree.

[bkb in the city]

@bdb3471 Glad you like it

[Diane]

This is just beautiful!

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Glad you like it

[Carolyn White]

I love the tree! It's beautiful!

[bkb in the city]

@cjwhite Glad you enjoyed it

[Sharon]

fave - terrific image - love the figures in the foreground!

[bkb in the city]

@sharonthompson Thanks for the fav

[Howard Steele]

nice one

[Carole]

Nice shot despite the freezing fingers lol

[Shanne]

amazing tree

[bruni]

A beautiful tree and a nice crowd watching the lights come on for the first time. boy it looks cold out there..

[karenann]

I think that the "blur" adds to the colorful effect. Nice!

[Netkonnexion]

Woow... cold... great lights.

[Flipside]

Beautiful Tree! Very Nice!

[Susan Noiles]

Love this!

[Caroliene]

Nice tree!

[Emma]

Beautiful tree and I like the movment in the crowd

[jerry plume]

Looks so fun! I love how everyone is bundled up!

[Kimmi]

I really like the tree colors

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's definitely hard to hold the camera steady when your teeth are chattering and your body is shivering! The colors are pretty though.

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Thanks

[bkb in the city]

@kimmistephens It really is great to see in person

[bkb in the city]

@orangecrush It was a really fun night

[bkb in the city]

@emmar84 It was a great night with so many people there

[bkb in the city]

@caatjeg Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@novascotiasusan Glad to hear that

[bkb in the city]

@gene Glad yoiu like it

[bkb in the city]

@netkonnexion Glad you like them. Even though it was cold it was worth it

[bkb in the city]

@karenann Thanks

[bkb in the city]

@bruni It was a great night despite the very cold weather

[bkb in the city]

@shanne Thanks. It is something to see in person

[Lauren]

the lights look awesome and love the busy feeling with all the people!

[Anne ❀]

what a beautiful Christmas tree! great capture, stay warm

[bkb in the city]

@sunnygreenwood We will try. thanks

[bkb in the city]

@laurentye It is a nice tree and it was a lot of fun with so many people there

[Paula]

Brrrrr, looks like a chilly night in Edmonton. I don't mind the blur, it somehow adds to the festive feel of this:)

[Michael Elliott]

wonderful tree with lots of color! We light our big tree here next week,

[Isabella Thunder]

wow, it's huge, and it looks great blurry like this

[Mary Lou]

That is a very impressive tree at 71 feet. I'm not surprisedyour hands were cold, I'm surprised your camera worked at all!

[bkb in the city]

@allred It was getting tough to take pictures.

[bkb in the city]

@izythunder Thanks Isabella

[bkb in the city]

@michaelelliott Some year I would love to get there to see it

[bkb in the city]

@pwallis Thanks. Fortunatly it is warming up here this week

[Dawn]

haha i like this one :)

[bkb in the city]

@d4wn Glad you enjoyed it Dawn

[Bob G]

:-) Hey that looks really similar to mine. Obviously you have more people there, than we have in Montreal. :-)