I finally got a look at Sandi Tree, the official Christmas tree of West Palm Beach, Florida and located downtown at the foot of Clematis Street. This tree is 35 feet tall and made from 25 tons of sand. The reason for having a tree like this is that it is "more tropical" than the kind of fir tree that they have in places like Rockefeller Center. At night it is covered in lights, with Christmas music playing as you gaze at it. I took the above photograph of Sandi Tree this past Friday afternoon, and as you can see, it is just a Christmas tree shaped pile of sand. And does it look better at night when it is lit? I saw some photographs of the tree taken at night in the Palm Beach Post (check that article out at https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2025/12/05/guide-to-west-palm-beach-sandi-tree-2025-christmas-lights-events/87602353007/) and to me it still looks like an ugly pile of sand. But they all seem to love it down here. I myself think this is due to being exposed to extreme heat and humidity during South Florida summers, resulting in severe and frequent errors of judgement. After all, look what heat and humidity have done to the minds of the people of Texas. Now THAT is truly scary, not simply just a matter of putting up a really ugly Christmas tree. Texas must be WAY hotter and more humid than Florida.
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