A long-standing tradition in the Sellwood-Westmoreland neighborhood is the Christmas tree strung with Holiday lights on the edge of Oaks Bottom Bluff, where Bybee Boulevard curves south to become S.E. 13th. “Businessman Dent Thomas is credited with starting the tradition of decorating the tree,” recalled lifelong resident Matt Hainley, as he stepped into the crane bucked to be lifted high above the new tree, to start stringing the lights on Saturday morning November 26. “Some of my first memories of enjoying it date back to 1966, when I was walking to kindergarten at Llewellyn Elementary School,” Hainley said.