The Durham Museum's massive Christmas tree has gone national.Omaha's annual tradition, which will be on display throughout the holiday season, was mentioned on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday night. In his monologue, Jimmy Kimmel showed how the Durham Museum and Union Pacific transported the tree into the museum."They just attach it to the back of two trucks and drag it in there," Kimmel said. "How they got the trucks out of the museum, I don't know ... they had to be drunk when they came up with this plan, right? This is not a decision that sober people make ... but I tell you what, I admire it."This year's tree is a 40-foot-tall blue spruce donated by Omaha resident Janice Teegarden.It takes about four days to decorate the tree — including some ornaments that are the size of beach balls.Union Pacific workers cut down and transported the tree to the Durham. Omaha police escorted the tree along the interstate. It took up two lanes and traveled at just 25 mph.It's a tradition that began in the 1930s when Union Pacific would cut a tree from its right-of-way in the Pacific Northwest to bring to Union Station in Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb. — The Durham Museum's massive Christmas tree has gone national.
Omaha's annual tradition, which will be on display throughout the holiday season, was mentioned on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday night.
In his monologue, Jimmy Kimmel showed how the Durham Museum and Union Pacific transported the tree into the museum.
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"They just attach it to the back of two trucks and drag it in there," Kimmel said. "How they got the trucks out of the museum, I don't know ... they had to be drunk when they came up with this plan, right? This is not a decision that sober people make ... but I tell you what, I admire it."
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This year's tree is a 40-foot-tall blue spruce donated by Omaha resident Janice Teegarden.
It takes about four days to decorate the tree — including some ornaments that are the size of beach balls.
Union Pacific workers cut down and transported the tree to the Durham. Omaha police escorted the tree along the interstate. It took up two lanes and traveled at just 25 mph.
It's a tradition that began in the 1930s when Union Pacific would cut a tree from its right-of-way in the Pacific Northwest to bring to Union Station in Omaha.