A 35-foot artificial Christmas tree installed at Memorial Park in Slippery Rock is the focal point of the Slippery Rock Festival of Trees. Organized by students in SRU's Event Productions class, this nine-day event will take place during three weekends in December with food and craft vendors and horse-drawn carriage rides.submitted photo

The Festival of Trees boasts three weekends of excitement in Slippery Rock, starting Dec. 3.

According to Mary Jo Ross, professor of hospitality and events at Slippery Rock University and festival coordinator, the event will run the weekends of Dec. 3, 10 and 17 at Memorial Park at the corner of Main and Cooper streets. The big attraction, a 35-foot artificial tree originally from Walt Disney World, is already on display in the park.

“I thought this was the perfect community to create destination attractions so people will come to Slippery Rock and have Hallmark moments,” Ross said.

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