Photos: Get a rare glimpse inside the Abbey Resort's huge holiday tree
Everybody has seen holiday trees, but have you ever seen what one looks like on the inside? Take a peek inside the 25-foot-tall tree at the Abbey Resort in Fontana, as our reporter tags along with a crew member assembling the tree from the inside out.
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The 25-foot holiday tree outside the Abbey Resort in Fontana is shown Nov. 26 with a small opening near the bottom that leads inside, where a worker is on the job.Â
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From the outside, only a hand is visible Nov. 26 of the worker connecting lights inside the holiday tree that will greet visitors all season at the Abbey Resort in Fontana.
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Through a small opening, worker Shawn Sponenburg is visible Nov. 26 inside the holiday tree at the Abbey Resort in Fontana, as Sponenburg assembles and connects the lights.Â
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Worker Shawn Sponenburg connects lights deep inside the Abbey Resort holiday tree, which is an artificial tree with individual sections of garland hanging on a heavy steel frame.
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Inside the artificial tree's interior, the hollow cone is visible nearly all the way to the top as worker Shawn Sponenburg connects lights in the 25-foot-tall display at the Abbey Resort in Fontana.
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Abbey Resort worker Shawn Sponenburg connects lights Nov. 26 inside the resort's large holiday tree, with a public tree-lighting ceremony scheduled Nov. 30 to kick off the holiday season.
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The cone shape of the metal frame is shown on the Abbey Resort holiday tree as Shawn Sponenburg works inside the artificial tree Nov. 26 to get it ready for a tree-lighting ceremony.
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Shawn Sponenburg, an employee at the Abbey Resort in Fontana, gets inside the resort's 25-foot holiday tree by crawling through a small opening in the tree's metal frame — and he says climbing out is harder than climbing in.
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Abbey Resort worker Shawn Sponenburg says it takes at least two people to assemble the metal frame of the resort's 25-foot holiday tree, but he can connect the lights alone just by climbing inside the cone of the tree.
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Worker Shawn Sponenburg checks all the light connections Nov. 26 inside the Abbey Resort holiday tree in Fontana in preparation for a Nov. 30 tree lighting ceremony for the village's holiday season kick-off.
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Shawn Sponenburg of the Abbey Resort in Fontana allowed a Lake Geneva Regional News reporter inside the hollow cone of the resort's 25-foot holiday tree Nov. 26 while he was assembling the lights.  Â
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Once worker Shawn Sponenburg has all the lights connected, the 25-foot tree at the Abbey Resort in Fontana will shine bright throughout the holiday season.Â
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