On the third day of Advent we got a Christmas Tree

Went with the wife and baby to Weber’s Greenhouse in Brooklyn Center to get our Christmas tree. During Christmas Rum River Tree Farm sells here.

After trying the farmers market (overpriced) and ruling out big box stores (not our style, usually) in 2012 we decided to try our go-to greenhouse.

We had to come back this year.

This year the gentleman who always seems to be working let us know that trees that we were looking at were priced by a new guy. He said we should disregard the sticker price.

I love this guy.

We settled on a beautiful Douglas Fir for $30 and some pine tops for another $18.

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