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  • Modified Beer Can Tree Stays at Festival of Trees (Update)

    12/05/2003 8:29:27 AM PST · by Cagey · 9 replies · 287+ views
    KSL-TV ^ | 12-5-2003
    A controversial Christmas tree called, -"Jingle Buds" will stay at the Festival of Trees with ac compromise. The Festival of Trees is a -fundraising event for Primary Children's Hospital. Organizers say a tree made up of 15-hundred empty Bud Light -beer cans is inappropriate for a children's event. So red -ribbons now cover the label of each can. The family that donated the tree spoke with us earlier this week. Carole Robinson: "WE'VE BEEN COMING TO THE FESTIVAL OF TREES FOR YEARS AND WE LIKE TO DO FUN DIFFERENT THINGS AND SO WE JUST SAW THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE...
  • Christmas Tree Made of Beer Cans Removed

    12/04/2003 5:44:49 PM PST · by stainlessbanner · 15 replies · 209+ views
    yahoo! ^ | 4-dec-2003
    SALT LAKE CITY - One woman's tree entered at a Christmas festival apparently had a little too much holiday cheer for organizers' tastes. That's why the original "Jingle Buds" -- a tree made entirely of emptied beer cans -- lasted about as long as a pint on nickel night."They called it camouflage, I call it censorship, but that was the compromise," said Carole Robinson, whose tree of 1,500 neatly organized Bud Light cans was ordered covered up with red ribbons. "I absolutely understand their concerns, but it doesn't have the pizzazz and wow that I wanted it to have."This year's...