Photos: Annual Cedar Rapids Christmas Tree makes it way downtown

Cedar Rapids’ Christmas tree arrives in Greene Square

Geoff Stellfox

Nov. 29, 2021 2:01 pm

Coonrad Wrecker service workers use a crane to place the 35-foot Colorado blue spruce tree donated by the Mylhousen family in Greene Square on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The city Christmas tree lighting ceremony and family activities will take place at Greene Square from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Lights on the tree will be turned on at 5:30 p.m.(Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

A 35-foot Colorado blue spruce tree donated by the Mylhousen family is prepared to be cut and transported to Greene Square, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Jeremy Kuda of the Cedar Rapids parks department cuts the bottom of the tree in order for it to fit in its stand on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Tim Brown of the Cedar Rapids parks department begins to place lights on the tree, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

The 35-foot Colorado blue spruce tree donated by the Mylhousen family is transported down 3rd Ave. Southwest, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

A 35-foot Colorado blue spruce tree donated by the Mylhousen family is suspended by a crane and moved into place on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Tim Brown of the Cedar Rapids parks department begins to place lights on the tree, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)