Chicago’s official Christmas tree is removed from a Logan Square home. The tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce planted 50 years ago by former homeowner Jim Mulligan, will be lit during a ceremony in Millennium Park on Nov. 22 at 6 p.m.
A BrightView Landscapes worker severs the trunk of Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce, in the Logan Square neighborhood, Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)Workers and neighbors look at the 53-foot Colorado blue spruce in Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago on Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)
Former resident Gerrie Mulligan watches as workers cut down Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce planted 50 years ago by her father, former homeowner Jim Mulligan, on Nov. 1, 2024. Gerrie grew up in the house and watched her father plant the tree. Jim died in 2022. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)BrightView Landscapes workers tie Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree to a trailer on Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)After being cut and lifted by a crane, BrightView Landscapes workers tie down Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree on Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)
After being cut and lifted by a crane, BrightView Landscapes workers prepare to tie down Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree to a truck trailer on Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)Former resident Gerrie Mulligan holds needles she picked up from the ground after Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce planted 50 years ago by her father, former homeowner Jim Mulligan, was cut down in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago on Nov. 1, 2024. Gerrie grew up in the house and watched her father plant the tree. Jim died in 2022. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)After being cut, BrightView Landscapes’ Jim Williams counts the rings from the stump of Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce, on Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)
BrightView Landscapes workers tie down Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce after it was cut down in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago on Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)After being cut, BrightView Landscapes’ Jim Williams counts the rings from the stump of Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree on Nov. 1, 2024. The thin logs cuts from the stump will be made into plaques to be gifted to the current and former families of the home. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)Current resident Sarah Holden, right, talks to neighbor Nilda Garcia before workers cut down Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree, a 53-foot Colorado blue spruce in Logan Square neighborhood on Nov. 1, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)
