The 2023 Christmas tree is lifted into place in Monument Square on Wednesday morning. The tree is a 50-foot blue spruce and came from a home in South Portland.
Damian Strout of the Portland Forestry Division lowers a support cable while securing the 2023 Christmas Tree into place in Monument Square in Portland on Wednesday.
Adam Banks of the Portland Forestry Division unties ropes holding branches down after the 2023 Monument Square Christmas tree arrived in downtown Portland on Wednesday.
A 50-foot blue spruce is lowered onto a trailer after being cut from a yard on Lubec Street in South Portland on Wednesday prior to being transported to Monument Square in Portland on Wednesday.
Damian Strout, on top of tree, and other members of the Portland Forestry Division secure this year’s Christmas tree to a trailer before it was transported from South Portland to Monument Square on Wednesday.
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