Christmas Tree “Hunting”

I think it is funny, or weird, or at least - there must be a better explanation for it than I know - BUT... isn't it funny that we spend money to go out in the cold and snow to find the perfect looking Christmas Tree and then - instead of admiring it - we KILL it and bring it home. We even go to a "Tree Haven" to hunt and kill. Does that even seem fair?

I know, it isn't like we are hunting for food - we aren't going to eat it or freeze it for later. We are going to bring it home, put it in our house in a pot of water for four or five weeks, decorate it with lights and meaningful ornaments and admire it! We are going to place Christmas presents under it and all around it. But did the tree really have a chance?

But all for what? To throw it out a week or two after Christmas. However, we have a blast with the experience! As pointless as I make it seem, for our family - it is an experience.
We pose in front of the "perfect tree". We take turns cutting the tree trunk!

We enjoy the "hunt" – we even posed with Santa!When it is all said and done – why? Because as a family, we get to make memories and write a new chapter in the story of our lives. And that, my friends, makes our lives more complete!

What do you do to make the holidays special or happily memorable?