A special visitor
Ephraim Delgadillo Jr. and Carlos Geisdorff, both with thetuolumne Band of Me-wuk Indians (above),
sing a blessing for the 2021 U.S. Capitol Christmastree on Wednesday. Santa Claus made an
appearance in the tree’s procession through downtown Sonora
(right) to the Mother Lode Fairgrounds. Cecilia O’geen, 13, and
her mom, Kelly O’geen, both of Vallecito (top), came with friends from Calaveras County to see the Capitol Christmastree, an 84-foot
white pine harvested in a part of Six Rivers National Forest intrin
ity County, on Wednesday.