I'm guessing you have caught sight of all those new tents in the Village
Well, Thanksgiving is next week.
A week from today is "Black Friday." One place you won't catch me is the mall.
But on to the tents. You know, the ones that sprout up in what seems to be every vacant lot in the Village. They have them at the orange and blue home improvement stores, too.
By Thanksgiving they will be filled with all sorts of unadorned Christmas trees, just waiting for your personal touch. When you are done with all the sparkly and twinkling decorations, don't you just enjoy see the anticipation and happiness in everyone's eyes? I know I do.
As I mentioned in one of my earlier blogs, this is my favorite time of year. Having grown up in the Christmas Tree Capital of the World, it gives me pause to look back at my childhood memories.
This time of year was special to me as it was to almost every kid. My brothers and I loved getting that tree up. But parents will probably tell you we got bored with it after about five minutes. Funny, I don't seem to recall that, but I do remember having to put those skinny little icicles on one-at-a-time. I can remember one time we even went out and cut down our own Christmas tree!
Now we have the tents.
I try and get a live tree each Christmas. You just can not replicate the scent of a live Christmas tree. A little messy at the end, but worth every moment in the house.
The tent guys have all sorts of trees, I suppose. My favorite has always been the blue spruce. Hard to get here as Fraser firs seem to be the most popular.
If you are partial to the Fraser, bypass those big tents and head over to St. Peter's on Forest Hill Boulevard. A month ago it was pumpkins, this month it is Christmas Trees. Sold by those ever industrious Boy Scouts.
It is one of their big fundraising events for the year and well worth the time to stop on by. The selection will be good and the service is, well, excellent. What do you expect from the Boy Scouts.
One more thing. My accountant reminded me to remind you to make sure you get a receipt. A bonus from buying from the Boy Scouts is that it may be tax deductible!
Try and get that from one of those tent places!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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