Peace sign made out of shells at Jersey Shore is a spot for people to share their hopes for 2021
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
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By now, Christmas trees have been put to the curb, shoved up in the attic for another year or fed to wildlife and the trees that sprung up on Ocean City’s beaches are no different.
But in their place, a new symbol of hope a springboard to better days in 2021 has popped up at the north end of the beach.
As the events unfolded in Washington on Wednesday when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, a few people took to the beach in Ocean City to visit a large peace sign made out of seashells, not necessarily to find peace among the chaos, but to find peace within themselves.
Christmas tree on Jersey Shore beach is a shiny beacon of hope for its visitors
Updated Dec 12, 2020;
Posted Dec 12, 2020
Sue McElwee helps her daughter Harlow, 3, with shells at the North Street beach Christmas tree in Ocean City, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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It turned out to be so much more.
They left the tree up thinking other beach-loving families would want to capture their own holiday memories. Soon Christmas ornaments and seashells with messages written on them covered the tree.
“It just became this huge thing down here,” said McElwee, a year-round Ocean City resident. It was so popular she said they had to do it again.