How This Year's Christmas Tree Came to Be
Bristol Borough sought someone to volunteer a Christmas Tree and Annette Gottsabend was a more than willing donor
On the night of Bristol Borough's Christmas tree lighting Annette Gottsabend’s Facebook page lit up with thanks from dozens of friends from the borough and surrounding areas. Gottasbend, who has lived in borough for nearly all of her life, donated this year’s Christmas tree. Her want to donate the 40-foot Fir tree that stood tall in front of her house on Cleveland St. started approximately two years ago. Gottsabend had often wondered if the mammoth tree that stood outside her house might be a problem during rough weather. “After Hurricane Irene, I had a nightmare about the tree falling on the house and decided it was time to do something with it. Donating it to the borough for our annual tree lighting I thought would be perfect,” …