Ugly, pitiful, horrible, sad -- those are just a few of the words Reading officials have used to describe the city's Christmas tree.
"It's a tree that doesn't belong to a city downtown," said Francis Acosta, Reading City Council president. "You can actually see through the tree. It's horrible."
The 50-foot Norway spruce, topped with a giant pretzel, stands at the corner of 5th and Penn streets. But the tree, which was taken from the city's Egelman Park, will be replaced Monday.
"The tree was already located," Acosta said Friday morning. "Our public works department is working on it as we speak."
The new -- and fuller-looking -- tree was donated, but the city is raising money to deck it out with lights, and ornaments, he said.
"We are raising at least 3,000 to 5,000 to decorate the tree," said Acosta, who added no taxpayer money is being used on this project.
A decorating party will take place on Black Friday.
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