Those wanting to make one last wish for the new year have just a few days left to do so at Corona del Mar’s Sherman Library and Gardens, where hundreds of guests have already tied their hand-written desires to the venue’s large California Pepper tree.
The ritual has increased in popularity over the past near-decade since the tradition first started.
Using plain stationary and gold thread, guests of all ages have flooded the tree’s branches with their wishes for 2023.
The Sherman Gardens and Library in Newport Beach, Calif., on Jan. 20, 2023. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
“We’ve been doing it for years and people just love it,” venue manager Beverly Morgan told The Epoch Times….