"Never Before Tried": Cutting Down Your Own Christmas Tree

I think I might make this a regular feature in my blog to periodically report on things "never before tried". Maybe I'll call it NBT. This is not stuff that no one has ever before tried, these will just be things that I have never before tried. Got it?

So, my first "never before tried" report is cutting down your own Christmas tree. For the first 10 years or so of our family we only had a fake Christmas tree. I have to say that even though it was fake it looked pretty good! Then we took the big step and drove over to Home Depot to buy a real Christmas tree. We did that for the last few years. But this past weekend we did something we have never before tried - cutting down our own Christmas tree. We went to Camelot Christmas Trees in Dekalb, Illinois - basically a farm that for one month of the year turns into a place to cut down Christmas trees. I really liked it. Sue liked it. The kids liked it - mostly! But it was fun! Not fun like a trip to Laguna Beach, but fun! As I type this blog, the tree is decorated, lit and a looking right at me. I love Christmas!