The Tap Dancing Christmas Trees are a performance troupe based in Alameda, California. As the group’s name suggests, its members perform tap-dancing routines dressed as Christmas trees. The group originated from the DANCE/10 Performing Arts Center in Alameda when director and founder Pamm Drake led a holiday performance featuring tap-dancing Christmas trees cut down by a performer with a fake chainsaw. Popular demand led to the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees (intended to be a one-off performance) becoming a permanent fixture. The Trees have since performed annually at Christmas events around California and have appeared in the Hollywood Christmas Parade and on America’s Got Talent, among other accomplishments.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
The Trees made their first appearance in 2001, 2004, then came back three years later in 2007. Five years later in 2012, the trees returned for their third appearance, and wouldn't appear until four years later in 2016. For all four appearances, they have preformed their holiday routine of "We Need a Little Christmas". After seven years of absence, the trees made their grand return at the 2023 parade, where they finally performed a new number called “Getting in the mood for Christmas”.