Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree.
You may recall Cincinnati’s Fountain Square tree becoming famous. Stephen Colbert talked about it on his late-night network talk show, saying that it looked like the tree had gone on its last march into Isengard. (That’s an Ent reference from Lord of the Rings, in case you missed it.)
Cincinnati city officials had said that the tree was merely bound up for delivery, and that as soon as the twine came off and the branches got fluffed, it would look magnificent.
Colbert responded to this assertion.
“Can I start using that excuse? It may look like I haven’t exercised since March, but it’s just the twine. If you untwine me, I’m harder than a Hemsworth.”
The tree became a celebrity. People printed up t-shirts.
Truth be told, the tree’s bound-up look only last a few days. On a Friday, tree cutters removed the tree from its home forest. By Saturday, it had shown up in Fountain Square, all twined up and sad-looking. On Tuesday afternoon, the tree preparers had fluffed it up, untied all the branches, and made it look how it was intended.
As presenters of Cincinnati tree trimming services, we understand the value of presentation, and the necessity of a tree’s branches to be unbound and made full.
We found the whole celebrity tree moment to be very amusing, and we were relieved to see our Cincinnati Fountain Square tree returned to its original splendor before it became full lit up.
Speaking of which, the tree was given its own Twitter handle — @TreeFountain – and it announced its rightful unveiling on November 26, 2020, by retweeting a photo by the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Cara Owsley.
The caption? Of course, it would be… “I’m LIT!!”
