 These trees were decorated, but had no Christmas lights due to the energy crisis.Only footlights illuminated the Pageant's trees, primarily for safety reasons.Upset by a court ruling that held that the Christian nativity scene could not be included in the Pageant of Peace, local resident Vaughn Barkdoll and a few friends formed the Christian Heritage Association and won a permit to display a nativity scene just beyond the service road encircling the Ellipse.