Craig spotted this one! 7 ft tall spruce!
It has a few areas of "character," but it has a nice shape!
That tree never saw Craig coming!
One last hug before we killed it!
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With Craig's trusty new sharp saw that tree would have been down in 30 seconds, but I thought I had to try. I made NO progress, so Craig finished.
Ta Da!
The tree is cut! We found out that this kind of tree is pretty pokey - it's needles are sharp! Also, it has really sticky sap! I had to dig out the rubbing alcohol just so my fingers didn't stick together! We were warned that this tree is a little sensitive, so we bought tablets to put in the water. I have watered it several times already. I hope this tree will last through the new year and that we are good Christmas tree parents!
While we were waiting on our full service Christmas tree experience, Craig made a friend!
They had free cider and hot chocolate! It tasted very good and it was also a nice finger warmer!
This is the contraption that binds/wraps the tree after it has been shaken.
Our tree going in!
Craig strapping it to the roof!
I got the stand ready while Craig got the tree untied and brought up the stairs.
All lit up!
I put the ornaments on this morning. We definitely have a different branch to ornament ratio this year!
Our 6th Christmas! Fav ornament!
I'm so glad we got our tree yesterday 6 hours before it started snowing! It is definitely starting to feel a lot like Christmas!
