SAN FRANCISCO It s a rather dark and chilly night on Fillmore street in San Francisco until the Tree Twins, two native San Franciscans dressed as brightly-lit Christmas trees, emerge from around the corner. We come from the North Pole. We re sent by Santa and he sends us here to the city to cheer people up at Christmas, Tree One explains. I am looking for anything that s going to give me some bright holiday spirit and those two are off the charts, passerby Penelope shares.
The Tree Twins have brightened people s holidays for the past five years. We have an insane connection with Christmas. We love the whole spirit of it, the look of it, the lights, the energy, the positivity!
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Erin Donnelly
There are #CoupleGoals, and then there are the Tree Twins.
A pair of married lovebirds who prefer to keep their real names under wraps have spent the last five years making Christmas merry and bright for their fellow San Franciscans by decking themselves out in matching tree costumes festooned with sparkling lights and worn over candy-cane-striped underpinnings. This year, they added clear plastic face masks and hand sanitizer to the mix.
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“We had a lot of conversations about whether we should even do this this year with obviously COVID [being a concern], and obviously it s been a tough political year and we re more divided than ever,” “Tree 1” tells Yahoo Life. “To be honest, it felt like we had no choice . It makes you feel so good to be out and it restores your faith that you can talk to people and you don t have to just fight with them online.