B & O Holly Tree

When I was a kid, my dad surprised our family one afternoon with a trip up to the little town of Perryville, in Cecil County, Maryland.  There wasn’t much there except an ice cream stand and the B & O railroad tracks.  But Dad had heard of a holly tree owned by the railroad.  Beginning in 1930, the railroad had decorated the 60-year-old tree with huge ornaments and full-sided colored light bulbs.  The star on the top was spectacular!  Part of the mystique was that the tree was in the middle of nowhere right near the railroad tracks.  To cap off the evening, we had ice cream at the little stand.  It stayed open in December and cashed in on the tree’s drawing.  Thanks, Dad, for wonderful memories!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZqCgxfz4o