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A detroit Suburb worried about late delivery of artificial Christmas trees China Instead he’s got the real thing – a giant norway Spruce – Just in time for the community tree-lighting celebration.
The 40-foot (12 m) tree was transplanted to Dearborn Heights City Hall on Monday, Thanksgiving michigan The farm that grew it and a local Muslim The American business owner who helped pay the $10,000 expense, WXYZ-TV reports.
“They were really short on time and this is our way of giving back,” Sam Hussain said.
New mayor Mo Beydoun, who is also Muslim, said the Christmas tree is a symbol of unity at a time when there is so much hatred going around. In recent weeks, a small but controversial anti-Islam protest took place in a Dearborn neighborhood. Southeastern Michigan has the largest US population of Arab Americans.
“We will continue to work, continue to love, and continue to show respect for all religions and faiths,” Beydoun said.
He said the city had ordered a “fake tree from China” that wasn’t supposed to arrive until Thursday, too late to put it up before the tree-lighting event on Friday. City staff went to Huff’s Tree Farm in Highland looking for a solution.
If nature cooperates, the tree can last for a long time.
“It’s one of the most beautiful things we have on our farm,” Nicholas Huff said.