ROCKLAND, Maine ― With Thanksgiving now in the rearview, communities across Maine are kicking off the holiday season with downtowns aglow with lights and fir trees being set into place. But in Rockland, the centerpiece of the holiday season is not a run of the mill tree. Instead, it’s a 40-foot-tall man-made tribute to the lobster fishing industry known as “the Lobster Trap Tree.” Made up of over 150 red and green lobster traps and decked out with over 100 lobster buoys, the tree is fitting in the small coastal city, which is home to the Maine Lobster Festival and has been called “the Lobster Capital of the World.” “Anybody can bring a tree in on a truck, and they do that all over the world.

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