Lewiston highway operations manager Reggie Poussard checks Tuesday morning to see if the city Christmas tree is straight while Public Works employees set it in place at Dufresne Plaza in downtown Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston Public Works employee Cam Bernard helps move the city’s Christmas tree into place Tuesday morning at Dufresne Plaza in downtown Lewiston. the 27-foot Colorado blue spruce was donated by Nancy Hughes from her home on Pauline Avenue. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston Public Works driver Caelan Pelletier looks in the sideview mirror Tuesday morning as co-workers lift utility lines on Sabattus Street to get the city’s Christmas tree to Dufresne Plaza on Lisbon Street. The 27-foot Colorado blue spruce was donated by Nancy Hughes, formerly of Colorado, from her home on Pauline Avenue. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston’s Christmas tree is trucked down Webster Street on Tuesday morning, headed for Dufresne Plaza on Lisbon Street. The 27-foot Colorado blue spruce was donated by Nancy Hughes, formerly of Colorado, from her home on Pauline Avenue. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston’s Christmas tree is lifted into position Tuesday morning on Park Street for placement in Dufresne Plaza in Lewiston. The 27-foot Colorado blue spruce was donated by Nancy Hughes, formerly of Colorado, from her home on Pauline Avenue. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston’s Christmas tree, bottom, is backed into position Tuesday morning on Park Street before being lifted into place in front of Dufresne Plaza. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston Public Works Director Mary Ann Brenchick takes a photo Tuesday morning of Nancy Hughes, center, and Public Works employees who helped cut down the 27-foot Colorado blue spruce at her home on Pauline Avenue for the city’s Christmas tree. Hughes said the tree was planted by the Grant family, the former homeowners, over 20 years ago. “The Grant family collected box tops and received a seedling the size of a pencil as part of a national tree planting program back in the day,” she said. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Nancy Hughes stands Tuesday morning next to the stump of the Colorado blue spruce Lewiston Public Works employees cut at her home on Pauline Avenue for the city’s Christmas tree. “Holy Moly this is something isn’t it?” she said. “I came from Colorado and this is a Colorado blue spruce, so it’s like it was meant to be.” Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston’s Christmas tree, bottom right, is trucked Tuesday morning from Main Street to Park Street for placement at Dufresne Plaza. The 27-foot Colorado blue spruce was donated by Nancy Hughes from her home on Pauline Avenue. She said the tree was planted over 20 years ago by the Grant family who once lived at the home. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal