Christmas officially comes to an end with tree burn Wednesday

The Antigo Optimist Club put the official cap on the Christmas season here Wednesday evening. It was the night for the annual tree burn, when hundreds and hundreds of evergreens roar into flames just south of the Antigo High School complex. The pyro expert, Shane Krueger, had the base of the stack of trees pretty well soaked with fuel and when he made ignition, the flames roared into the air with a whoosh. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal