Our Christmas Tree - Family Room - December 2025
A Fraser Fir is usually the answer. The question? Which tree to buy. That is...unless you are able to buy a "High Altitude Noble Fir". Then...that's THE ANSWER. Here, in the Chicago suburbs, we don't see many "High Altitude Noble Firs" around here, so off we went to Evergreen Acres tree farm up in East Troy, Wisconsin.
I've posted our trees over the years, but I don't think I posted them recently. At least, I can't find them in the archives here. The last post I can find is our 2022 tree. That is the "Family Room Tree". Here's the companion post showing the "Green Room Tree" for 2022.
This year, we bought two trees. For $176.00. That included a shake and bale for each tree. But...we didn't use them. More on that in the "Green Room Tree" post.
I've been tracking these trees on the blog over the years. This is the 20th 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
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
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
Of the 20, 12 have been From Tammen Treeberry Farm. 60% - down from 66% last year and trending in the wrong direction for the Tammen folks. Trending up for Evergreen Acres: now up to 35% of all trees posted here on the blog.
- 1 of the 20 was from Wannemakers. 5%.
- With 7 of 20 from Evergreen Acres, up from 27.77 last year.
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