Lufkin, Texas: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Pumping Unit
During the winter holidays, oil pumping equipment company Lufkin Industries sets up a pumper at the mall decorated as a cheery cybernetic reindeer pulling a sleigh. The lighting ceremony is held before Thanksgiving.Lufkin Mall
- Address:
- S 1st St., Lufkin, TX
- Directions:
- SE corner of US59 and Loop 287 in Lufkin, in the Lufkin Mall parking lot.
- Hours:
- Seasonal Nov.-Jan.
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This is a seasonal roadside attraction (November-January). Lufkin, Texas is home to Lufkin Industries, the manufacturer of heavy oil pumping equipment. Lufkin Industries has customized one of their oil pumpers to look like a reindeer. Each holiday season, Rudolph is assembled on the major thoroughfare in town, and lit and decorated. For 40+ years, people of East Texas (plus many others) have come to view this "reindeer" and take photos.
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