The weather in San Antonio is changing and welcoming in the holiday season. Temperatures are dropping, leaves are falling and H-E-B is right there providing everything that is needed to get into the holiday spirit. Not groceries, so to speak, but a 40-foot-tall Christmas tree for H-E-B’s 40th annual tree lighting ceremony.
The Nordmann Fir tree has traveled over 2,000 miles to grace the city of San Antonio. The humongous tree became the center of attention, traveling all the way from Salem, Oregon and occupying Travis Park since Nov. 19. The tree lighting ceremony is set to happen on Nov. 29 and the lighting of the Christmas tree will happen at 6:20 p.m.
A tree of this size will be transformed to become a captivating and ostentatious Christmas tree decorated with more than 10,000 classy white lights and dozens of handmade ornaments. Such a fascinating tree will be an amazing spectacle to see this Friday. Perfect to bring friends and family to experience a magical heartwarming event.
H-E-B provides more than $250,000 each year for the transportation, decoration and lighting of the tree. VIA buses will be offering free rides to the lighting ceremony. This includes all VIA mainline bus services including VIA Link and VIAtrans paratransit for registered users. Note that all passengers taking the VIA buses when boarding the bus to simply inform the operator they are attending the H-E-B Tree Lighting in order to ride fare-free to the event.
The viewing of the tree lighting is free to the public and there will be other festivities to take part in beginning at 4 p.m. There are free giveaways as well as holiday crafts, letters to Santa, live music and a free movie screening of Home Alone 2 that is shown after the tree lighting at 7 p.m.
Free ice skating will also be provided on Nov. 29 to guests who arrive from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. After the event, the Rotary ice rink will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays When purchasing tickets for ice skating all proceeds are given back to the community supporting programs for scholarships, playgrounds and combating food insecurity.
Travis Park is ready to welcome in the holidays with everyone in San Antonio. Visit the tree at 301 E. Travis St., San Antonio, TX 78205.
