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The Great Christmas Tree Hunt by Wendi Zwaduk
Every year my family goes for our annual Christmas tree hunt. Now, this doesn’t seem like it would be that hard, but it can be. We have a couple of fake trees, but there’s something about the smell of pine, the feel of the real needles and the idea of going out to find just the right one that’s fun.
I know, I know. It’s tree cutting. The thing about where we go is that the tree farm really does plant new trees every year, two for every one cut down. So, there’s at least that.
Now this story has to do with a couple years ago. We were hunting for that elusive tree, and it was a particularly soggy day. I mean like, it’d been raining most of the day. Yuck. But it’d stopped when we set out and we opted to hunt for the tree because it was one of the few days we could all go together. I mean, why not go together as a family? So we head out and it’s mucky. We start strolling and I find a decent tree. I point it out and as poor DH heads over to it…he found a huge puddle. His boots gave way in the mud and before we know it, he’s down. Now, I’m the type of person that physical comedy makes me laugh. I can’t help it. So, I’m laughing. The tot is laughing. DH? He’s laughing, too. Shrugs. We’re strange. But we decided it was THE tree, so we cut it down and made the sojourn home. Thank goodness the seats in the truck are plastic and we could get the mud off.
What about you? Fake or real trees? Got any good stories about going after that elusive real or fake tree? I want to hear ‘em!
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Years ago we used to buy a real tree. Now we don’t decorate so much and we have an artificial tree.
We’ve pretty much always done fake trees, but that’s more due to cost than anything. Although, your story is reminding me of how my FIL told us that, when they lived in Maine, he’d go ‘hunting’ for his Christmas tree – he’d take his shotgun and shoot it down. WHY I have no idea. But there you have it.