For the cost of gas and a bit of time to get there, Ceres is still the place to go for a spectacular array of Christmas sights and sounds in a potpourri of Christmas cheer that is 51 years old.Christmas Tree Lane -- Henry Avenue and Vaughn Street the rest of the year -- has been a popular draw for folks all over the area.While many people were out getting shopping deals on Black Friday, residents on the two streets were dragging out boxes of decorations, hanging lights and sorting out tangled extension cords for Christmas decorations that are now part of the Ceres annual tradition of Christmas Tree Lane.The first Christmas Tree Lane opened December 1961 on Henry Avenue and Vaughn Street. Fifty-one years later it’s still going strong.Jim Bowen, 68, and son Jerry Bowen have participated in Christmas Tree Lane since 1972. The Bowen yard is best known for a familiar plywood train which Jim built and modeled after a grocery display he once spied as manager of the New Deal store in Modesto.“It’s part of our giving back to the community, the elderly and the kids,” said Bowen.