Where to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
Area farms offer fresh trees, memorable experiences and an environment-friendly tradition.
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012
Holiday Guide: Where to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
Area farms offer fresh trees, memorable experiences and an environment-friendly tradition.
Most American households, 48 percent, erect artificial trees during the Christmas holiday, according to Christmas Tree Facts from the University of Illinois Extension. But for the 21 percent who prefer a real tree, there’s nothing better than taking a drive to Christmas tree farm to cut down the perfect one. (In case you are wondering about the rest of the respondents, 32 percent said they do not have a tree at all.) For those who aren’t convinced that real is better, consider the environmental benefits. Artificial trees will last for six years in your home, but for centuries in a landfill, according to the university’s Christmas Tree Facts web page. “Many people still perceive cutting trees down as bad for the environment and that is not …
The Christmas Tree Debate: Keep it Real, or Go Fake?
Share your Christmas tree memories, upload a photo and discuss your tree preference this season.
A funny thing begins to happen around town the first weekend after Thanksgiving. Tightly wrapped trees are strapped to the roofs of cars with twine and taken home where they will be set up in the living room, wrapped in lights (once untangled of course), and decked with ornaments, hand-crafted decorations, tinsel and just about anything else from popcorn to chili peppers. But not every family goes through the motions of picking up the tree at a nearby lot, or heading out to the farm to cut one down. Instead, they simply head up to the attic to dust off the same one they used last year. Real, or fake: that's the question? Personally, I love a real tree. It's become a personal tradition to choose just the right tree (frasier or balsam fir). …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Y's Tree Sales Benefit Those in Need
The B.R. Ryall YMCA will begin selling Christmas trees on Friday. Sales of the trees make it possible for community members to use the Y, regardless of income.
After you pack away the turkey on Thanksgiving, and get your shopping done on Black Friday, thoughts may turn to Christmas tree buying. The B.R. Ryall YMCA will open its Christmas tree lot on Friday at 1 p.m. The lot will remain open through Dec. 24. For more than 12 years the B.R. Ryall YMCA of Northwestern DuPage County has run a Christmas tree lot, selling more than 500 trees. Those tree sales have allowed the YMCA to raise about $20,000 every year, according to the organization. The tree sales benefit the B.R. Ryall’s annual campaign, and allow it to provide membership and program scholarships to children, families and seniors in need, ensuring everyone can have access to the Y regardless of ability to pay, according to the …
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tasha
8:48 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Well when I was little at my grams she had a artificial tree nd it was the first tree I ever seen ... Now I am 23 and the tree is sittin in my living room for my kids to enjoy so ... I guess it means so much more to me then any real tree ever could . I think they should plant the trees in the forest and let them grow . more ›