John Franchi is a morning anchor and reporter for 'Good Day Utah' on FOX 13 News.
Salt Lake City International Airport is getting its annual holiday makeover. Decorations are already starting to appear on the airport grounds, but the real stars of the show will make their appearance in several weeks.More than 1600 poinsettia plants are starting to change into their brilliant colors and will soon be placed around the terminal buildings. “It gets you excited,” said David Tingey, SLC’s airfield maintenance manager. “It gets you happy for the holidays.
Transporting them that short distance can be a challenge if temperatures drop because the plants are native to the warm climate of Mexico.“We have had to stop ,” Tingey said. “Temperatures had been cold enough and plants were freezing just from getting them from our greenhouse on the airport property to the terminal. We were seeing plants freeze.
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