 The Bemidji JC's are adding a huge addition to the first city of lights this year. Lakeland News' own Cherelle Moore tells us how this will push the community towards being the Christmas city of northern Minnesota. We are excited to announce we are adding Paul Bunyan's Christmas tree right here in Paul Bunyan Park. Over the years, the Bemidji JC's have been working hard to make Bemidji Christmas city. This year, they're taking it to the next level with their single largest investment ever. When the JC's took on this project in 2015, we really wanted to make Bemidji truly be Christmas city. So each year, we try to make changes in investments to expand and grow the Christmas light display to really make it the first city of lights and truly the Christmas city of the north. The new Paul Bunyan Christmas tree will be 56 feet tall. Its home will be in the heart of Paul Bunyan Park. It's made of reusable metal structures and will give a show every night to the public starting at five. You'll see the lights literally dance to holiday classics in the colors of red, green, blue, and pure white. And after that music montage is completed, the tree will then just go into animation sequences. In a little over a month, this entire area will be covered by the brand new tree. And just to give you an idea of how tall it is, me myself, I'm five foot nine. This is only the top tier of the tree and it's 12 feet tall. Honestly, I'm excited because this tree could be around for even when my children actually are old enough to come and come and enjoy it and be here and be able to see all the different changes that have gone through the years. Paul Bunyan's Christmas tree was made possible through a partnership with Paul Bunyan Communications. Grants from the Minnesota JC's Foundation as well as help from many other partners helped bring the tree to its new home in Bemidji. Whether it's adopting the tree, one of the big reese that are downtown or even just on the street light banners that could potentially be used for future events that come with the first city of lights. The tree will start construction in Paul Bunyan Park next Thursday. It will begin its display after the first city of lights on November 24th and through Hockey Day, Minnesota. With the addition of the giant tree, this year's celebration will be the brightest Bemidji has ever seen. Reporting in Bemidji, Shromor, Lakeland News. In addition to Paul Bunyan's Christmas tree, there will be 200,000 lights placed all over the city of Bemidji. That's the most lights the city has seen in 20 years. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.