Fashion Island tree arrives for the holidays
A crew works Friday to place a 90-foot white fir tree at the Neiman Marcus-Bloomingdale’s courtyard at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, where it will be decorated for the holidays. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
A maintenance worker removes the tip of Fashion Island’s 90-foot holiday tree from a wall of the Optical Shop of Aspen after it struck the store Friday while being hoisted into place at the Neiman Marcus-Bloomingdale’s courtyard. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
A worker positions a harness for lifting a 90-foot Mount Shasta white fir tree that arrived Friday morning at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
Fashion Island’s 90-foot tree is lowered into the Neiman Marcus-Bloomingdale’s courtyard to be covered in lights and 20,000 ornaments for holiday festivities. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
Workers secure Fashion Island’s new 90-foot tree in the ground at the Neiman Marcus-Bloomingdale’s courtyard on Friday. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)