christmas tree

One Eight Seven on a Motherfuckin' Tree

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) | January 10th, 2011 @ 7:16pm

Someone recently took it upon themselves to walk up and down Capp and outline every abandoned, non-incinerated Christmas tree in chalk. But when will someone will take it a step futurer and just tag the trees directly?

Still Need a Christmas Tree?

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) | December 23rd, 2010 @ 3:33pm

Reyhan over at The Bay Citizen hips us to the outdoor cardboard xmas tree lot on 24th:

A few weeks ago, I came upon an odd sight on 24th Street: a small Christmas tree lot, on the sidewalk, outside a clothing boutique. The trees were fanned out like any other lot, except there were no green branches. The trees were made of recycled cardboard and cut by machines relying on solar power.
It turned out they were the work of Hanna Sitzer, a local artist and set designer. At the time, she had mentioned that people keep sending her pictures of their fully decorated trees. The one sitting in my living room remains bare, but there's always next year.

Hanna leaves the trees intentionally blank so you can decorate them yourself (like hanging ornaments, only with art supplies that get you high!). Unfortunately the tree lot is now closed, but you can still run into Wonderland (24th @ Alabama) to snag a tree for yourself.

(Interview and more pics of decorated trees/kids with fake mustaches over at The Bay Citizen)

Graffiti Grinch

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) | December 22nd, 2010 @ 11:30am

One of my many favorite aspects of living in the Mission is that hordes of businesses make the seasonal investment to paint their windows for the holidays. Sure, it may seem trivial, but in a town where the season doesn't mean snow and frosty windows, but rather rain and mid-50s, it goes a long way. So the other night as I made my way down 24th, this tag on Tonayense Taqueria's white Christmas tree caught me by surprise. At first glance I dismissed it as douchy Ebenezer antics, but now I cannot help but find it funny. The tag isn't going to really hurt the property owner (the paint will be scrapped off the window in another week anyway), and who's to say that vandalism couldn't be an ornament anyway? If Flava Flav can dangle a watch suffering from Elephantiasis around is neck, surely an Evergreen could support a tag suffering from the same disease.

Then again, maybe Santa Claus just fucked the tagger's mom.

Spreading Christmas Cheer at 16th and Mission

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) | December 5th, 2010 @ 4:14pm

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.'

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.