After scrapping plans to get rid of a Christmas tree that was decried as "ugly," officials in Reading, Pa., will instead embrace the comparisons its conifer has drawn to the plot of "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

The tree will be decorated with a single red ornamental bulb "in honor of the famous Charlie Brown Christmas tree," the city said in a news release.

The Reading administration and city council are also planning a series of volunteer events "that will highlight the season of giving and pay homage to the Charlie Brown Christmas tree and everything it stands for," the release states.

The spindly 50-foot spruce was taken from a city park to serve as a last-minute stand-in after plans to procure the city's official holiday tree from a farm fell through.

Topped with a lighted pretzel and erected last week in downtown Reading's Penn Square, it quickly became an object of ridicule, with residents decrying it as "pathetic" and calling for its removal.

"Honestly, they might as well put nothing out here," one man told WFMZ-TV.

Word of the saga quickly spread online, and Reading's City Hall was flooded with phone calls from around the country, officials said in a news release.

About half of those callers urged the city to keep the so-called "ugly" tree, and the administrationagreed to let it stand, according to the release.

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After severe storms blew through Arlington early last week, several trees were left damaged and hanging dangerously over homes.

The tree removal proved to be a major undertaking because the trees were entangled in other trees, and residents of the Grove Avenue neighborhood were thankful Friday that the trees have been removed.

One street was completely demolished and about 8-10 trees in houses on Weller so we're very fortunate there isn't a lot of damage, said homeowner Laurie Murphy.

It cost Murphy $8,000 to have the tree hanging over her home removed.

Seven guys from Big Ben's Tree Service took down the two trees: one 95-foot-tall pine tree and a 90-foot-tall oak tree. Once one tree was uprooted, it took up half of the backyard.

You have septic tanks under the trees, sidewalks, we had to take fences down to protect everything, you've got loose limbs at the top of the tree that could fall while we are doing it, said Ben Geiger, the owner of Big Ben's.

Geiger said his company sees things like this all the time, and said it's important to hire a professional to remove damaged trees.

Always get a certificate of insurance in your hand, Geiger said. We are the most dangerous people you can hire. That's why you want workman's comp and general liability. I'm the owner of the company. I try to be on every job that's over a house. It's dangerous.

Homeowners in the neighborhood are working with their insurance companies to try to get everything taken care of before Christmas.

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One Tree Hill remains recovered

Auckland Council says it is pleased the remains of the One Tree Hill pine tree have been recovered after being illegally offered for sale on Trade Me.

The remains which are the property of Auckland Council were being stored by one of Councils arborist contractors. When the listing of the remains became known, the contractor contacted police who seized it for return to the contractors yard.

Auckland Council will be in discussion with The Tpuna Maunga o Tmaki Makaurau Authority as to the circumstances of the remains removal and its future care. The remains are in a poor state with rot and mould.

A section of the pine tree remains at the Cornwall Park Trust Visitor Centre detailing the timeline of the tree.

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