The California Capitol Christmas Tree (1950–1999; 2004–present), formerly California Capitol Holiday Tree (1999–2004), is an annually erected decorated tree in Sacramento, California, United States. A Christmas tree, Yule tree, holiday tree or Tannenbaum (fir tree is one of the most popular Traditions associated with the celebration California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Initiated in 1950, the tree has been a tradition ever since and is decorated during the second week of December each year.
Controversy
In December 1999, during his first Christmas season in office, Governor Gray Davis changed the name of the tree to the California Capitol Holiday Tree, for specifically unknown reasons. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Joseph Graham Davis Jr (born December 26 1942 better known as Gray Davis, is an American politician who served as California 's 37th Governor After the 2003 California recall, Gray Davis was replaced with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The 2003 California recall election was a special Election permitted under California law Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ËŒaÉnÉ”lt aloÊs ˈʃvaÉtsÉ™nÉ›É¡É born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor The name remained as "holiday" for December 2003, but Schwarzenegger renamed it in time for Christmas of 2004. A similar occurrence took place with the Capitol Christmas Tree in Washington, DC, whereas it took on the "holiday" generic name from 1999–2005. The Capitol Christmas Tree (formerly the Capitol Holiday Tree) is the decorated tree that is erected annually at the United States Capitol in Washington Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D