As the temperatures were dropping tonight like Black Friday prices and horse-drawn carriages were making the rounds of Highland Park neighborhoods, HP Mayor Margo Goodwin in a Christmas red coat, Christmas tree broach, black gloves and light-blue mask prepared to officially kick off the holiday season by lighting the Landmark Pecan Tree. Nearby, HP Director of Town … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Highland Park’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Goes Off With A 2020 Hitch
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Dallas County’s Oldest Tree Lighting Tradition Continues, Thanks To A Guy Named Joe
From holidays to class reunions, every tradition needs a start, and this year is perfect to create one for your family. But first, the backstory. When Dallas County's first physician Dr. John Cole’s son Joe Cole returned to the Dallas area from the Civil War, he “unknowingly plowed over a small pecan tree” with his mule team on his father’s acreage. So the story goes that … [Read more...] about Dallas County’s Oldest Tree Lighting Tradition Continues, Thanks To A Guy Named Joe