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Disneyland 50th Anniversary Gold Christmas Tree Fun Facts
The 2005 holiday season at the Disneyland Resort will be a whole lot brighter this year as the traditional Christmas tree in Town Square on Main Street, U.S.A. goes gold in honor of Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary celebration (continuing daily through 2006). Glittering in gilded splendor the traditional live tree has received the “Midas Touch�? with a golden theme to commemorate Disneyland’s half-century milestone.
Here are the trunk-to-tip facts regarding this most unique Disneyland holiday icon:
- The Disneyland 50th Anniversary Gold Christmas Tree stands in Town Square on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland from November 11, 2005 to January 2, 2006.
- The tree is 60 feet tall and decorated with 5,000 golden ornaments and 5,000 holiday lights.
- The lights decorating the tree are clear, white and amber accenting and highlighting the tree’s golden luminescence.
- The tree’s gold topper is a symbolic pair of golden Mickey Mouse ears with the numeral “50�? in the center, and is accented with genuine, hand-applied 24-karat gold leafing.
- At the base of the tree are giant decorative gift boxes and colorful red poinsettias.
- The tree was harvested from the Mount Shasta region of Northern California, near the city of Redding.
- The tree is a White Fir, which is also known as a Shasta Fir.
- For its journey to the Disneyland Resort the tree was secured horizontally on a flatbed tractor-trailer and transported by a trucking company to southern California.
- The tree arrived at Disneyland on October 17 and soon began an extensive preparation and decorating process that took place in the Resort’s “backstage�? area.
- More than 20 Disneyland Resort Cast Members were involved in the process of preparing, decorating and displaying the Disneyland 50th Anniversary Gold Christmas Tree.
- The entire process for this year’s tree, from selection to installation on Main Street, U.S.A., took 560 hours.
DISNEYLAND DECORATES FOR THE HOLIDAYS---So big that it requires a crane for its installation, a Disneyland 50th Anniversary "golden Christmas tree" appeared overnight in Town Square, Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland in Anaheim. The tree, decorated with special 50th Anniversary gold ornaments and standing 60 feet tall, is now on view and will remain in Disneyland until the conclusion of the holiday season.
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HOLIDAY PLANTING TIME---Town Square on Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland is Anaheim undergoes its final overnight preparation for the arrival of the Disneyland 50th Anniversary "golden Christmas tree." The tree, decorated with special 50th Anniversary gold ornaments and standing 60 feet tall, is now on view and will remain in Disneyland until the conclusion of the holiday season.
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GOLDEN REFLECTIONS -- A young Disneyland guest admires her multiple reflections on giant ornaments decorating the park's 60-foot-tall 50th Anniversary "golden Christmas tree" on Main Street, U.S.A. The tree, decorated with special 50th Anniversary gold ornaments and thousands of lights, is now on view and will remain in Disneyland until the conclusion of the holiday season on January 2.
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-- Posted November 10, 2005 --Pictures and text Copyright Disneyland