Every years, Lowell puts up a huge Christmas tree along the river walk in down town.  And they did so again this year.

Only this year, instead of putting the lights around the tree, they decided to run them vertically from the bottom of the tree to the top and then back down.

Well, they got the lights on the tree all right, but when it is lit up, it looks like a cactus.  Oh well, I guess it is the thought that counts.