We got our very first Christmas tree! We'd never had one before since we've always been in California with our families enjoying their trees and decorations. We're doing the holidays by ourselves this year so we have to make up some new traditions.
A couple days after Thanksgiving we went out to a farm just across the Massachusetts border and got ourselves the best tree we could find.
It was freezing cold and we accidentally walked around the back way, through all the baby trees, so by the time we got to the full grown ones we were like yup sure that one looks good.
"Here daddy, some snow. Try it, it's good!"
(Also we can talk about how none of my winter coats can button or zip around the baby belly. Thank goodness for the extra layer of fat to keep me warm through the winter)
We were expecting the sawing process to take awhile. I had this vision of us sawing away into the night, having to take turns sawing then warming our hands until we could finally yell "Tiiiimmmmbeeerrr!" I mean cutting down a tree with a handsaw sounds hard, right? It took about 30 seconds; by the time I caught up with Mariah, Matt already had the tree on the ground.
Mighty fine lumberjack.
Never having had the experience, I think it looks like something out of a movie - very romantic and wonderfully traditional. I'm glad you documented it so well! And Matt totally rocks the lumberjack look.
ReplyDeleteYour first tree, how fun! Mariah's boots are adorable. The pictures are so clear I feel like I'm there. (Except for the cold part. It was 79 in San Diego today.) :)
ReplyDeleteOk seriously?! Those boots are the CUTEST!!!! It may have been cold, but cutting down your own tree is what Christmas traditions are all about!!! So fun!
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