Cut your own Christmas Tree: Advent Calendar Day 13
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Nothing makes it feel more like Christmas then the smell of a fresh cut live tree. Ever since I was young I have had the experience of hiking out into the woods to cut down that perfect tree. Once Liz and I got married, we continued the tradition and have cut down our own live tree each year. For Day 13 of our Advent Calendar, we are sharing our Christmas Tree Cutting adventure and encourage you to cut your own tree too!
For us city folk, there is just something extra magical about getting in our car and driving out to the country to cut down a Christmas tree. Sure we could pick one up at any one of the dozen or so places they are sold in the city but then we would miss out on the fun that mother nature has for us. This year we headed up to the Jarrettsville Nurseries (click here for coupons on a tree!) to find the perfect addition to our home.
A quick side note, we strongly considered purchasing a live tree in a burlap bag/pot this year. (Thanks to Sere for suggesting it on Facebook as her way of making her Christmas AMAZING this year! ;) We did some research and unfortunately we don’t really have anywhere to transition the tree from indoor to outdoors in order to keep it alive to plant after Christmas. Also, we don’t really have anywhere to plant a tree… lol. But that wouldn’t have stopped us because I am sure we could have found a school or a park that would be happy to take it off our hands! However, we also read that you should only keep them in your home for 4-7 days?!?… If anyone reading our blog has experience with live trees, leave us a comment! We’d love to hear from you and to learn more about your experience because we would ABSOLUTELY love to do this in the future!!
And now back to our Tree Cutting Adventure Date Day! :)
They had a few saws, but we came prepared and brought our own. :)
After we decided which type of tree we wanted, we grabbed a sled and were off. We wanted that strong Christmas smell of a fresh tree so we decided on a Douglas Fir, which according to our friend at the tree farm has the strongest aroma.
This tree was easily over 12 feet tall! I definitely had a Christmas Vacation moment… our neighbor from across the street saying “Where do you think you are going to put a tree that big, Ryan!” And if you have seen the movie you know what my response would have been. :)
Since Liz finally convinced me this one was too big, and that we didn’t exactly want to live out that Christmas Vacation scenario, we decided to continue on.
This picture looks like I am giving the tree eskimo kisses!?!? It definitely smelled AMAZING so maybe I was! ;)
Is this the one?
And of course we had to get a picture of us together next to our new family member, aka “Lucy the Tree.” That’s Lucy on the left. After we took the picture above, Liz looked at it and started laughing. Apparently she didn’t think the saw was very romantic.
Attempt two without the saw. :)
“Trust me, I know what I am doing” :)
Success! We found our tree! Today we will be adorning her with fine accouterments, so be sure to follow us on Facebook to see Lucy once she is all lit up and looking pretty! :) And if you have any fun Tree Hunting Adventure Date Day Stories of your own, be sure to leave a message in our comment box! We love to hear from you!