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Decorating the Nation's Tallest Christmas Tree @ M Resort

M Social Media Team — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:14:32 +0000

Through the wind, rain and 35 degree temperatures, we're still decorating our tree. As many of you know, our 109 ft. White Fir arrived early last week after a 900+ mile trip from Oregon on the largest allowable flatbed truck. It took a team of more than a dozen people to hoist the 22,000 pound tree into our piazza.

Well, the day it got hoisted into place was the day the real work began. Our amazing team of decorators went to work to "make it pretty" and decorate it with thousands of lights and ornaments. Below are some great photos taken today of some of the decorations that have been put up. The tree will be completely lit with white lights and adorned with red, green and gold ornaments.

We can't wait to see it shimmer and shine this Saturday night. Don't forget to join us for the lighting of the Nation's Tallest Christmas Tree this Saturday. Doors open at 5pm with the official lighting at 6:30pm. Make sure to dress warm! We'll have hot chocolate and Christmas cookies available too and a special thanks to Helen C. Cannon Jr High School, Las Vegas Academy's Advanced Women Choir, Dance Zone and Phat Stad for performing live on our piazza for the event.

Don't forget to bring a canned food item, gently used coat or new, un-wrapped toy to help us support Three Square, Catholic Charities and Toys for Tots. We offered the charities a cabana to decorate and we can't wait to see them!

We'll also have gingerbread houses created by Clark County elementary schools on display too. Thank you to all the teachers - we loved your support and willingness to participate in our gingerbread house contest.

First Look at the Nation's Tallest Christmas Tree

M Social Media Team — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:31:29 +0000

We know, we know, Thanksgiving hasn't even happened and here we are posting about our December holiday happenings, but we are truly so excited to share our BIG news that we just couldn't help it. This year, we're celebrating big, really big. So big that we're the home of the Nation's Tallest Christmas Tree! Here's a first look at our tree - it's the beautiful one in the center of our photo!

One of the common questions we've been getting is - is it really the tallest? YES! We're taller than Rockefeller (76 ft Norway Spruce) and we're taller than the Capitol Christmas Tree (85 ft Blue Spruce). We're even taller than South Coast Plaza's tree (96-ft White Fir). South Coast Plaza is in Costa Mesa, California for those now wondering.

Our beautiful White Fir will stand proudly at 109 ft.

Our tree will make the approximately 900-mile trip here to be placed in our piazza for the entire city of Las Vegas (and nation) to see. Our piazza was so well-designed that even a hole for the tree was pre-dug during construction. That's advanced planning at its finest.

We hope the tree will bring visitors to our great city and also spread a little holiday cheer throughout our community and the nation.

We'll be sure to post photos of the tree's arrival, decorating and of course the lighting. We're also creating a special tree commercial that we'll post as soon as it's finished - we might even show some previews.

Mark your calendars now - the Tree Lighting Ceremony will be Saturday, December 12 at 5 pm. We've got much more in store for the month of December and we'll be spreading holiday cheer right here every Tuesday.