The Great Christmas Tree

One of our Christmas traditions is to go to a Christmas tree farm and cut down our own Christmas tree. Ever since I've been a kid I've always wanted to get the biggest Christmas tree and I've passed that down to my girls.  This year we had planned for a photographer to take our pictures in Hendersonville and then the plan was to head to the Christmas tree farm in Gallatin we went to last year and cut down our tree.  After our pictures, Larry started heading towards the Interstate back to Nashville.  He insisted he was headed to the Christmas tree farm in Whites Creek that we went to last year.  I told him, "No, that's the one we went to last year and left because the trees were no good."  You see, last year we first went to this farm that said they had "free range" Christmas trees.  Turns out the trees were all 40 feet tall.  You are supposed to cut them down and then just use the top, but the problem with this is that the branches are about 10 feet wide and 3 feet apart.  We went there last year and left.  

As always, he insisted that he was right and I was wrong.  The closer we got, the more he began to remember.  When we arrived and we were surrounded by a forrest, not Christmas trees, he realized I was right.  Refusing to drive all the way back to Gallatin I said we were going to make the best of it and find a tree.

We did find a tree, chopped it down, and then cut off the top 15 feet for our tree.  Turns out I actually love it.  It is like a huge, ginormous Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.  The branches reach into our kitchen and over a third of our couch, but I love it. 

And the story's not over yet.  All was well until several days later we come home to this:

I had been asking Larry the past couple days if he thought the tree was leaning more.  He said no.  Maybe he was wrong or maybe Annie made  a jump for the cranberries and popcorn she'd been eyeing for days.  Not sure what happened, but it was a big mess!

Broke a vase from the fireplace

 All of the ornaments and the lights ended up on the front bottom half of the tree. 

But we redecorated and made it work for the rest of the season.  My bunco girls loved having the tree looking over their shoulder as we had a crafting night.

Pictures out of order but this is when we brought it home.

I felt like Christmas Vacation when we were cutting the twine.  

Turns out I love the tree and want to go back and get another one next year!!  I think it's my favorite tree so far and it was only $30!  You can't beat that for a 15 foot tall tree!