There's a christmas tree [or as we used to say in college, non-denominational holiday shrub] in the Strand district, with a plaque saying it was donated by the Galveston Historical Foundation and the Texas Christmas tree growers association, or some such thing. That tree is the best ad for artifical trees I've seen - it's completely dead, although the brown needles haven't significantly started falling off yet.
I'm hoping the weather won't interfere with my travel plans. Guess I'll find out tomorrow.
Blogging is likely to be sporadic [well, even more so] over the next 4-5 days.