Picking out a Christmas Tree

This is the first year in our new house and the children had their heart set on a HUGE tree.  So we went to a local tree farm where we first found a huge pile of geodes.

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We took a hay wagon ride to the field.

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And started looking at trees.

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Indigo kept picking out trees that wouldn’t fit in our living room!

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Once the tree was chosen, there was lots of time to play hide and seek amongst the trees.

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As well as playing on the hay wagon.

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While the farmer cut down the tree with his chain saw.

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And (fortunately) trimmed a few feet off the bottom.

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There were many hands to load the tree onto the wagon.

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And into the Beast.

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Since the tree barely fit into the Beast, I’d say they met their goal of a HUGE tree!  

What kind of Christmas tree do you get? 

PJ

 

 

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6 thoughts on “Picking out a Christmas Tree

  1. Wow, what a giant tree. I would love to see pictures of it all decorated. I bet you needed a big ladder to get it all decorated.

    • I think we took some, I’ll have to try to get them posted. Once the tree was up, the rest passed in a blur. LOL PJ

  2. We get our tree the day before the festivities begin. We start early so usually December 20th through 22nd. When we get our tree, we go into the back yard with all the children and they select one. It is usually a cedar or a lobbly pine as that is what grows here. Dad cuts it down with a hand saw. We carry it back tot he house and set it in a bucket. We fill the bucket with sand and a little water. After the kids like to string it with popcorn and make paper chains. Our trees are never beautiful in the traditional sense.

    • I love that!! Beauty comes from being important to your family. That is truly wonderful. PJ

  3. I got a very small , unfortunately very artificial tree, which survived the dog and pup by living on a table. It was our first tree as a family (two dogs, myself and 9 birds) and we felt blessed to have it. It is the spirit of Christmas that counts, not the material things anyway. All in all it was a wonderful Christmas topped off by an amazing Christmas eve service.
    Loved these pictures they bring joy to the heart.

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