Christmas tree - a real pine tree with REAL SNOW on it in "the Village" (short for "the Village at Mammoth") in Mammoth Lakes, California. The tree lighting ceremony and Santa Claus' arrival in town happened just the night before (11/27/2009). Other photos and videos, which I can't share here for privacy reasons, show that snow started falling heavily right before or during the tree lighting ceremony on 11/27 and Santa arrived during the snowfall. Thus, by the time this photo was taken on the following evening, the tree was covered with a lot of snow. Talk about the perfect timing! FYI, the 2013 tree lighting ceremony is scheduled for Friday, 11/29, with events continuing through Saturday, 11/30.