2011 Christmas Tree

Back in Pennsylvania we bought our Christmas Tree from the same farm every year - 17 Christmases in a row. The best farm in the whole area was 5 blocks from our house. A couple of years we didn't even tie the tree to the roof on the way home. One of the coolest things about the farm was that it "drilled" your tree for you. With a perfectly perpendicular drill hole in the bottom and with the special tree holder they sold, putting the tree up was never easier. Last year, Em and I experienced a miracle finding a pre-drilled tree on December 18th. Well, this year we weren't so lucky - so - I attempted to drill the tree by hand. Needless to say, it didn't sit exactly perpendicular but it was still pretty darn good and just added another great chapter to the Christmas Tree Lore of the Pickett home.