My Christmas Tree Day Ballcap - 15+ Years On
I own exactly one camouflage item of clothing. It is this Doug Hayse for Illinois State Representative camo ball cap. Based on the data on the Illinois Department of Elections site , it appears that this hat is from the 2004 general election cycle. That means that I've kept this hat for more than 15 years. But, I only wear it one day a year: Christmas Tree Farm Day. Just filing this away as one of my Christmas traditions - I've successfully been able to file this hat away in with the rest of our holiday decorations. Just to be pulled out when the tubs of decorations come out each Thanksgiving-time. I'm pretty sure it started because we had (historically) went down to the Tammen Treeberry Farm in Braidwood. That was in, or pretty darn close - to the district Doug Hayse was running in for State Representative. If I was doing - (which...NOTE TO SELF: I should do one this year, right??) - one of the "my favorite Christmas things" from this year, this hat
