Picking out a Christmas Tree

We have always had a live tree, and have bought them from various places and in various forms from all over the county.  We have bought cut trees, balled trees (none of them lived), and trees from local trees farms which were cut after we selected them. 

For the last three years, we have bought trees from Landis Tree Farm in Harbeson, DE.  They have a cool thing which they do to encourage families to return.  Besides serving hot chocolate and cookies, they take your picture with your tree, and you can pick up the picture the following year.  This is the one from last year.

Picking out a tree, 2010.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.  The boy peeking from behind the tree is Elias, who was supposed to be posing next to the rest of the family.  True to character, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

This year we made sure he was in the appropriate place for the picture.  He did, however, inform us that it was his intent to get lost amongst the trees while the rest of us were trying to locate a tree.  This was slightly inconvenient once we found a tree and needed his approval.

None of that is really important.  They will all be precious memories, regardless.