Oh Christmas Tree

Where do Christmas Trees come from?

Well – in our case from the Saanichton Christmas Tree Farm!

As you can see they don’t just do Christmas Trees – but that is a big part of their annual turnover.

We chose our Christmas Tree some three or four weeks ago. Here it is growing happily in a rather boggy paddock – with our tag on it.

The farm lends the eager customer a saw and the latter sets forth for the far reaches of the estate to try to locate the chosen tree. There he or she appropriates a lumberjack stereotype for a brief period, being careful to cut the tree at least a foot (two branches) above ground level so that it can regrow for future plaid-clad wannabees. Unlike our days back in Buckinghamshire, when I used to collect our Christmas Tree in Pearl (our classic Mercedes convertible – with the top down!) here in BC it is unceremoniously lashed on top of the Lexus. Not terribly dignified, but ’tis but a short run home!

…and here is it in our drawing room waiting to be ‘dressed’.