{"id":32516,"date":"2022-12-15T15:11:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T23:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000029096"},"modified":"2022-12-15T15:11:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T23:11:49","slug":"after-mothers-death-daughters-carry-on-her-handmade-trees-in-the-bay-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/after-mothers-death-daughters-carry-on-her-handmade-trees-in-the-bay-legacy","title":{"rendered":"After mother&#8217;s death, daughters carry on her handmade Trees in the Bay legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daughters carry on mother\u2019s handmade Trees in the Bay legacy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q-MkeGCDMKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For 12 years, Suzanne Beck was known by all her neighbors and friends in the Naples area as &#8220;the tree lady&#8221; for her home business crafting handmade ornaments modeled after the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/parks\/christmas-trees-alamitos-lights\">Trees in the Bay<\/a> floating light displays, which locals look forward to seeing in Long Beach canals and waterways every holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>In that time, Beck happily toiled away on the seasonal project, often enlisting the help of her daughters or friends to meet the growing demand as more locals discovered the miniature-sized tokens emblematic of the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s one of the only iconic Long Beach things that people can buy and access and send to family and friends,&#8221; Sara Mais, Beck&#8217;s daughter, said. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s why people really love them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But in 2020, Mais and her sister Emmy Jacobs stepped in to help run the company with their mother while she underwent surgeries and chemotherapy to treat a rare and aggressive brain cancer. To Beck&#8217;s delight, the season was a success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were able to pull it off somehow, with friends and family who came in from all over the place to help us out,&#8221; Mais said. &#8220;She was super proud of what we were able to accomplish in the 2020 season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By 2021, however, Beck&#8217;s condition worsened, and she died from the cancer in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We obviously took the year off in 2021. We just kind of couldn&#8217;t do it,&#8221; Jacobs said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve given ourselves some time. And now we are kind of back doing it for her, taking over kind of in her honor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the help of their husbands, the sisters have relaunched<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treesinthebay.com\/\"> Trees in the Bay<\/a> in full force, in the same home where their mother started it all. The business still offers the handmade, 4-inch wooden ornaments that put the company on the map. 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Mais said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000080345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000080345\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10000080345\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/13210644\/1213-Tree-5-1110x677.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"677\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000080345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmy Jacobs left glues a tree in the bay ornament as her sister Sara Mais looks on in Long Beach Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sisters said they intend to carry on the tradition for as long as they can, &#8220;but life gets busy and crazy,&#8221; said Mais, whose daughter just celebrated her first birthday. Still, the sisters agree that carrying on the tradition makes them feel closer to their mother\u2014the greatest reason of all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s so present in our minds when we&#8217;re doing it,&#8221; Jacob&#8217;s said. &#8220;And I think for us this year, and hopefully future years, it&#8217;s just another reason to spend more time together for the holidays. 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