60-Foot Christmas Tree at Pier 39 Taken Down Early Due to Dryness, Safety Concerns

60-Foot Christmas Tree at Pier 39 Taken Down Early Due to Dryness, Safety Concerns

Christmas is canceled! The big Christmas tree at Fisherman's Wharf has been taken down a week and a half before Christmas, and the nightly light shows at Pier 39 are canceled, because the big tree dried out too fast.Harvested from Siskiyou County and put up in early November, the tree was apparently so dry and brittle already that Pier 39's management decided it was becoming a public safety hazard. As the Chronicle reports, the tree was abruptly…