Clayton hotel displays tumbleweed Christmas trees

CLAYTON, N.M. (KRQE) - When life gives you tumbleweeds...make Christmas trees? That's what the owners of the Eklund Hotel in Clayton decided to do. Tumbleweed Snowman makes its 2022 debutEarlier this month, a wind storm left dozens of tumbleweeds piled up all over town, including the carriage bay at the Eklund Hotel. After the winds died down, Keith Barras and friends used old patio umbrellas, tables, and tumbleweeds to construct Christmas trees.They were then wrapped in lights turning the