Mocked around the world, can Montreal’s ‘ugly’ tree find love before Christmas?

They hauled it into town on a flatbed in the dark of night — pines disheveled, branches broken. A man stood on the curb, a grocery bag in each hand, and watched the tree go by like a casualty from a football field. They stood it in a downtown square — all 88 crooked, flat-topped feet […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/21/mocked-around-the-world-can-montreals-ugly-tree-find-love-before-christmas/