Memorial Medical Center’s Festival of Trees is celebrating its 26th season as a central Illinois holiday highlight. The goal of the festival is twofold: to bring holiday cheer to all ages and to raise money for community programs and outreach. Since 1989, Memorial’s Festival of Trees has raised more than $3.9 million dollars for community […]
Memorial’s Festival of Trees
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Them there trees
My father likes to recite the poem Trees by Joyce Kilmer. “I think that I shall never see / a poem lovely as a tree.” We’re quite the tree and bird family. My mother’s email even has bird in the address. Thanksgiving weekend, trees and birds were on my mind. I had a lovely visit […]
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Bough to bough
PHOTO COURTESY MEMORIAL FESTIVAL OF TREES One of the most beloved events of the season, Memorial’s Festival of Trees, starts Nov. 24 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Orr Building and runs through Dec. 1. View more than 150 Christmas trees and wreaths decorated by members of the community and marvel at the amazing handcrafted gingerbread […]
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Christmas extravaganza
One of the best places to go in Springfield to feel the joy of the holiday season (30,000 people thought so last year), the Festival of Trees is a nine-day Christmas extravaganza. Decorated trees, swags and wreaths (150 to be exact) are decked out by area designers and groups. It’s always fun to see the […]
