We were in the pursuit of a Christmas tree. Not just any tree, but the perfect one for our little family. This tree had to be beautiful, this tree had to have personality and this tree needed to be skinny and short. We have a very small house will little room for a tree, so we needed a pretty specific conifer.
We got the little cherubs all bundled up and set out with cash in pocket to the wonderful place we found our tree last year. We were all set to traipse around on their wonderful farm and find THE tree. As we pulled up, there was a sign that stated in very small letters: "
closed for 2010 season". Oh. No. The children were upset, and frankly so was I. I really wanted a tree from that particular farm as we're moving more and more into the "everything as local as possible" mentality. For us, that included our tree. Well, shut. We turned Rudolph the Red Van around and decided to drive towards a neighboring town that we thought would have a cut your own and be open. On the way there, we drove by a place we stopped at a couple of years ago. There, at the end of the driveway, we saw this little sign:
We stopped quickly and pulled up the driveway, so thrilled to have found his little farm open. The man who runs it was also getting out of the business a couple of years ago and there aren't many trees left on the farm, and they are all small. Small was perfect for our needs. So we checked out our options...
Music Man found one he liked, but well, I would have to start calling him Clark Griswold and then my house would smell like fried pussycat and who needs that (You National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation fans will get that, everyone else will just think I'm gross)? After MUCH deliberation, we found the one that was to be the Haught Family Christmas Tree...
The boys got in on the act and helped Daddy to chop (or in this case, saw) it down...
Then they carried it to the car and strapped it on.
As the tree was being bound to the roof, I took a look around at the farm. It's a beautiful little place, with the trees on one section and a couple of large garden beds spread around on others. There is a lovely little arbor and a couple of small barns as well. It is all very well maintained and obviously loved. I felt both envy and respect for this little farm and it's older owners. And blessed to be able to share in it for a moment in time.
A fun time was had by all. Now, the tree adorns our living room with it's lovely smell and graceful way it holds our ornaments. Thank you, Little Tree for being an intricate part of our holiday celebration, we appreciate your sacrifice dearly.
Wishing you a bit of Christmas cheer of your own today, ~Peacemom
2 comments:
I hope your local tree farm opens up for next year for you. But, it seems like you did fine the perfect tree for your house.
Beautiful tree!! Happy Holidays to you and your family. Thank you for our well wishes! :) jennifer
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