<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/pickle-tree-lights-kerrwood-lawn.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>12/20/2011</pubDate><title>Pickle Tree Lights up Kerrwood Lawn</title><excerpt>The Westmont College Student Association (WCSA) selected Jeremy Fletcher, coordinator of student ministries and missions, to throw the switch Dec. 1, lighting the 150-foot redwood tree, dubbed the Pickle Tree. Fletcher, who oversees Potter’s Clay, Emmaus Road, Urban Initiative and other student-led service projects, donned a top hat, tail-back tuxedo and white gloves for the festive occasion. Mark Nelson, the Kenneth and Peggy Monroe professor of philosophy, delivered the annual Pickle Address, describing a childhood Christmas when his brother received nothing but socks. The Alumni and Parent Relations Office collected more than 150 items for The Unity Shoppe at the tree-lighting ceremony.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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