Merry Christmas from Our Home to Yours
It is still two weeks before Christmas, but the holiday spirit is in full swing at our house. We've been spending the past two weeks shopping, gift-wrapping and exchanging Christmas cards, and I think the boys are beginning to understand the importance of the Christmas holiday. Russell couldn't wait to open all the gifts under the tree (he's already unwrapped his own), and Punky kept muttering "Happy Birthday" as he walked around the tree.
Merry Christmas from the Fabulous Brewster Boys (gifts not included)
Russell seems almost giddy as he defies his mother's orders not to touch the Christmas ornaments
Punky grabs his favorite Christmas tree ornament while his mother's not looking
Our slightly off-center 2006 Christmas tree
posted by Da Man @ 11:49 PM
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6 Comments:
So how much does a Christmas tree cost in the Bay Area?
We paid 70 dollars! Yikes! Can you grow your own in Oregon?
You can just get a permit to cut one on Forest Service land for $5.00.
Or if you have (zoned for farming) land like we do you can grow christmas trees for a tax write off, if you make some money (I think $400) every year doing so.
Trees are very cheap around here, $10-$20 in most parking lots, sold by various charitable groups.
We have a suffering spruce in a pot we keep barely alive all year and bring indoors for a few weeks. So the cost is zero...
Now that's more like it. I'm going to ask the spouse if we can get a potted Christmas tree to save money.
Wow, $70 for a tree??!! To a grad student, that's an absolue FORTUNE!
Still, your Tannenbaum looks quite fabulous!
I think it's outrageous, personally. That's why I like the potted tree idea.
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