A 38-foot blue spruce from Pittsburgh\u2019s Brighton Heights neighborhood will brighten Downtown this holiday season after being selected as Pittsburgh\u2019s official Christmas tree for 2026.<\/p>\n
The tree was selected by the Forestry Division of the Department of Public Works and donated by a Brighton Heights homeowner. It will be displayed outside the City-County Building as Pittsburgh celebrates its 113th annual Christmas tree, the City of Pittsburgh announced in a social media post.<\/p>\n
The tree will be transported to Downtown in November and illuminated during Highmark Light Up Night. The event serves as the region\u2019s official kick-off to the holiday season, organized by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh\u2019s official Christmas Tree first stood at the construction site of the City-County Building in 1915. For more than a century, a live evergreen has been placed at the front steps of the building, decorated in hundreds of large ornaments.<\/p>\n
As described on the city\u2019s website, some of the ornaments include Pittsburgh\u2019s Coat of Arms designed by Wendell August Forge and 90 distinct ornaments with names of Pittsburgh\u2019s neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
Light Up Night is one of the city\u2019s oldest holiday traditions. This year, the celebrations marks its 65th year.<\/p>\n