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.