Our Christmas Tree - Green Room Tree - December 2025

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Yesterday, I posted the first of two Christmas trees that we've put up for 2025.  Here's the Family Room Tree.  Below is the smaller tree (still a Fraser Fir) that lives in the front window in the Green Room.  Nat lights and decorates this one herself and it has a different vibe with all vintage ornaments and white lights.  

Small Fraser Fir with Vintage Ornaments

I hate to admit it (and under cross-examination, I'll deny ever saying this), but I like this tree in this room.  

I've been tracking these trees on the blog over the years. This is the 21st tree that I've documented.

Here's our 2021 Green Room tree - about 6' tall. 
Here's our 2021 Family Room Tree - between 8' and 9' tall and picture-perfect shape.
Here's our 2020 Green Room tree - about 6' tall in total and perfectly shaped.
Here's our 2020 Family Room tree - about 8' tall in total, but really nicely shaped.
Here's our 2019 Family Room tree that we bought from Wannemakers. Was taller than 2020's tree.
Here's our 2019 (small) Green Room Tree.
Here's our 2018 Family Room Tree.
Here's v1 of our 2017 tree - our first in Downers Grove.
Here's v2 of our 2017 tree - the one in our family room.
Here's our 2016 tree - our last one in Elmhurst.
Here's our tiny tree from 2015 at Equation Boy/Man and Vic's house.
Here's the tree in 2014 at our old house.
Here's the post of our 2013 Tree. We kept it in the same position once again.
Here's the post (on google+) of our 2012 Tree.
Here's the post of our 2011 Tree.
Here's the post of our 2010 Tree.

As for species/cultivar of fir trees we've cut down over the years, here's the list (starting with the oldest first):

2010 - Fraser Fir
2011 - Douglas Fir
2012 - Fraser Fir
2013 - Fraser Fir
2014 - Fraser Fir
2015 - Douglas Fir
2016 - Fraser Fir
2017 (Family Room) - Douglas Fir
2017 (Green Room ) - Fraser Fir
2018 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2018 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir
2019 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2019 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir
2020 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2020 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir
2021 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2021 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir
2022 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2022 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir
2023 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2023 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir
2024 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2024 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir
2025 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir
2025 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir

That's 21 trees that I've posted about on the blog (note...the highlighted four are not posted). Three of them were Douglas Firs. Now 18 of them have been Fraser Firs. That's 85.7% of the time = Fraser Firs - which I think is the most common tree out there, right?

I'm adding a new dimension to track: source. Here's how that stacks up:

2010 - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2011 - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2012 - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2013 - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2014 - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2015 - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2016 - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2017 - (Family Room) - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2017 (Green Room ) - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2018 (Family Room) - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2018 (Green Room) - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2019 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir - Wannemakers
2019 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir - Tammen Treeberry Farm
2020 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres
2020 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres
2021 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + $8 for shake/bale
2021 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + $8 for shake/bale
2022 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + $8 for shake/bale
2022 (Green Room - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + 8/shake/bale
2023 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + 8/shake/bale
2023 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + 8/shake/bale
2024 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + 8/shake/bale
2024 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres - $75 + 8/shake/bale
2025 (Family Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres.  $80 + $8 for shake/bale
2025 (Green Room) - Fraser Fir - Evergreen Acres.  $80 + $8 for shake/bale

Of the 21, 12 have been From Tammen Treeberry Farm. 57% - down from 66% last year and trending in the wrong direction for the Tammen folks.  Trending up for Evergreen Acres: now up to 38% of all trees posted here on the blog.
  • 1 of the 21 was from Wannemakers. Under 5%.  
  • With 8 of 21 from Evergreen Acres, up from 27.77 last year. 
Location: Downers Grove, IL, USA

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