Yesterday we all went to a Christmas tree farm to get a Christmas tree to put in the living room. The weather was forgiving, as it only sprinkled once in a while during our Christmas tree hunt. We went to a great place off of Germantown road, I can't remember the name but it started with a “Z“.

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Anyway it was a great time, I watched for the first time the old ritual where after we all agreed on the perfect tree Dad started the cut on the tree, and then Gavin and Jake both took turns cutting down the tree. In the past Jake and Gavin would cut for about 30 seconds before giving up and Dad would have to finish the rest. This year was a bit different though, Jake decided that he was going to finish this time and fall the tree. He did just that, it took him about 15 minutes but before we knew it that tree was on the ground. Jake was so proud and Dad was proud of Jake too.

The tree is nearly a 10 footer this year, so getting it on top of the car was a challenge but Mom and Dad got it up there. After the tree was tied down, we all got in the car wet, muddy and full of holiday cheer. When we stopped by the booth to pay for the tree and for Mom to pick out a wreath the nice helper guys gave all us a kids a candy-cane. Oh, how I love candy-canes!

The ride home was short. Every other car we passed had a tree on top of it too. People were staring at ours though. The tree is so wide and long on the top of the car it made other peoples look like baby trees! It was pretty funny to see people do double-takes at the stop-lights.