(NBC PHILADELPHIA) The 50-foot spruce standing in downtown Reading drew comparisons to the sad-looking tree in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and ire from some city officials — nearly leading to a switch. But instead of a replacing the spindly sapling, the Berks County city is embracing the likeness to the famous holiday cartoon.
“In honor of the famous Charlie Brown Christmas tree, we will be decorating the tree with one single red ornamental bulb,” according to a City of Reading news release. “We hope that this reminds all who are following the story of our tree of the deeper meaning of the holiday season.”
Only a week earlier, Reading City Council’s president, Francis Acosta, led a group of citizens interested in having the Norway spruce, located at 5th and Penn streets, replaced by a fuller tree.
