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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.   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 2025 Family Room Tree from Evergreen Acres .  Not shaken/baled.  Here's our 2022 Green Room tree .  Here's our 2022 Family room tree . 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...

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 2022 Green Room tree ...

Like we've done since we moved in to our house here in Downers, we put up two Christmas trees this year.  One in the front room - a smaller tree.  And a larger one in the family room.  And, like the past few years, we drove up to Wisconsin to get them.  We went back to Evergreen Acres (same place as lats year and paid the same $75 per tree ). Below is a photo of our family room tree for 2022.  It is, like most years, a Fraser Fir.   I've been tracking these trees on the blog over the years. This is the 18th tree that I've documented with the front room one from last year being the most recent (#17) .   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 t...