I grumbled when my 8-year-old wanted me to take her to one of those tree-cutting places. I grumbled more when the woman said it was $60 for the privilege of doing all the labor ourselves. I’d set out to buy a Charlie Brown Christmas tree (you know the type, right?), and I couldn’t see myself pay sixty bucks for that. So, as all parents do, we altered plans.
Violette and I went out to saw down our own tree, so I caught (almost all of) it on film. (There was a little issue of her accidentally not recording the actual sawing.) Here’s the video.
And a Happy Holidays to you from me, my family, and from the gang here at Dad-o-Matic. I’ll let Jeff and Pai and others say it their way, but I wanted to add to the chorus.
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We normally cut our tree down. I like giving my money to a local farmer. However this year we just didn’t have the time and we ended up getting our tree at lowes this past weekend. I guess the manager was in the Christmas spirit because he gave me the thing for $12 and it was beautiful. It is sitting here in all it’s glory! Nice post!
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love it Chris! We live in Steamboat Springs…my boys and I snowshoed in to cut our tree down…it was amazing. deep powder, the smell of chainsaws, regular saws (it was a white out blizzard that day) our black lab scout and a ton of memories….we love our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree!
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Thank you for sharing this awesome adventure. The video is worth $60.00.