Christmas Tree ‘hunting’ – is one of my favorite things to do and a favorite time of the year! One of my best childhood memories and family oriented traditions is picking out a real Christmas Tree every year. Every year the whole family packs into our van, and we head to the Christmas Tree Farm! Getting family together is sure to be filled with indecision and the most love-filled bickering. Every year we can’t decide on a tree, yelling is normally involved, we can never decide on where to go for lunch, and every year we say, “Next year we are getting a fake tree”…but we never do! And that is the JOY of Christmas!
The best part a real Christmas Tree though is the smell! I love the smell of fresh pine! I always love when the pine needles fall off the tree and we have to vacuum them up – most people hate this nuisance, but I love it, because the pine needles fill our vacuum cleaner and then the vacuum cleaner smells like pine for all of January!
So…I was so happy when my friend Angharad asked me to come with her to pick out their family Christmas Tree! Angharad and I were just as indecisive in picking out a tree, but no bickering was involved! We laughed as we compared the different types of trees and in the end picked the ‘perfect’ Christmas Tree! After choosing ‘our’ tree – we ate Venison Burgers (a favorite family tradition of Angharad’s).
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