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We always put up a real tree each year the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Up north we would "tag" our real Douglas Fir tree at a tree farm in the middle of summer, and tie dozens of red bows on it, so when it snowed months later we could always find it without any stress. We would cut it, drag it down the hill in the snow and bring it home.

Here in Florida, we now have to go to a local place that brings in fresh Frazer Firs from N.C. My biggest up north was a 14 foot high Douglas Fir.....but now we just get a "little" 8 foot real tree.

My wife would never let me get a "fake" one. A real tree is a lot of work but she feels it is worth it.

Now that I have two of my three sons working for me and living local, having three out of our five grandkids over all the time makes the whole "real tree" project worth it every year.

Frank