Christmas Traditions

When we lived in Rochester MN, our favorite Christmas tradition was going to Schultz Tree Farm, taking a hay ride, holding their soft warm rabbits, and cutting down our own Christmas Tree. Since we have lived in Massachusetts, we drive less than a mile to the local nursery and then see how quickly we can choose a pre cut tree and get home and out of the cold. Somehow we always seem to choose the coldest day of the year to pick out our tree. But not this year. This year we went to Houde's Tree Farm in Marlboro and cut down our own tree. They didn't have a hay ride or bunnies but they did have Santa Claus, free hot chocolate and candy canes, and the perfect tree for us this year.




You can see that the girls were excited. Geoffrey was less than thrilled. When we all started singing Christmas Carols he just hid behind his hood and tried to disappear. Eventually, mom made a joke funny enough that his interest was pricked and started to join in the fun, although not the Carols.

The tree farm was in a very beautiful setting. You can see the mountains in the distance.

It didn't take us (mom) too long to find a really nice tree. The boys, however, thought it was all too easy so they had to check out the competition and make sure this really was the perfect tree.

The girls stood guard while the scouts looked about.

In the end, they went back to the original tree and had to accept the fact that mom is really the ultimate tree scout. Dad cut for a while but Geoffrey got to finish the cutting.

Here is dad putting the star on with happy girls who had a lot of fun decorating the tree. Geoff again looks like he might need an attitude adjustment. (Click on the picture to see a great eye roll.) I do seem to remember everyone smiling when we ended our evening with Heath Bar Malts.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a great holiday season.