Holiday trees dress up for charity event

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Terry Moore of the South County Outreach decorates one of the trees that will be a part of the Festival of Trees event at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach. The trees will be auctioned during holiday celebration and proceeds will benefit South Coast Outreach programs.

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“A Christmas on the Polar Express” is one of the theme trees that will be a part of the Festival of Trees event.

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Ornaments and trees that will be a part of the Festival of Trees event at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach on Saturday.

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Ornaments lie on a table.

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A “Christmas in Candyland” tree will be a part of the Festival of Trees event at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach.

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Lara Fisher of South County Outreach adds an angel tree-topper. The trees will be auctioned during holiday celebration and proceeds will benefit South Coast Outreach programs.

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Team Toshiba, consisting of, from left, Betsy Hernandez, David White, Kathy Wilber and Steve Wilber, decorate one of the trees that will be a part of the Festival of Trees event at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach.

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A large flower with nutcracker characters serves as a tree-topper.

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By Daily Pilot staff

Nov. 21, 2015 4:48 PM PT

Winter showed up early at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach on Saturday as volunteers from an Irvine-based nonprofit rushed around the hotel to decorate holiday trees for charity.

The 14 trees, each with a different theme ranging from “Christmas in Candy Land” to “Star Wars Christmas,” will be the centerpiece of South County Outreach’s Festival of Trees auction Dec. 3 at the Fairmont. Auction guests will have the opportunity to bid on decorated trees to take home.

Ninety cents of every dollar raised from the auction will go toward South County Outreach, which works to prevent homelessness and to house homeless families.

The trees will be on display at the hotel through Dec. 2.

For more information, visit sco-oc.org.