Speaking of Christmas trees, I grew up with a real Christmas tree and we bought it every year close to Christmas, in fact we didn't put it up until Christmas eve, as is tradition in Austria. When I was little it was a surprise, as I got older I helped decorate.
This year we were expecting lots of family for the holidays. My parents and all my brothers came except for Arnold and his family who stayed in Germany. Last year my mom and I got a great real tree at a great price pretty close to Christmas, so I was waiting for her to do the same this year. Well, life got busy and people got sick, so it was Dec. 23rd when we finally got around to looking for a tree. We tried everything we could think of. No one had any real trees left. In fact, one store said they had been sold out for two weeks already. While we were at a hardware store looking for something I saw a sign that said all the Christmas things were on sale. I didn't really think about it till later that night but called and confirmed with the store that it included the fake trees. My mom and I went back the next morning and exited the store with a normally $200 tree for only $35! Talk about having fun shopping! I got a storage bag for 75% off and even a tool set for Joseph for 50% off that we almost bought a few weeks ago for full price. We had so much fun at the hardware store that morning!
This year we were expecting lots of family for the holidays. My parents and all my brothers came except for Arnold and his family who stayed in Germany. Last year my mom and I got a great real tree at a great price pretty close to Christmas, so I was waiting for her to do the same this year. Well, life got busy and people got sick, so it was Dec. 23rd when we finally got around to looking for a tree. We tried everything we could think of. No one had any real trees left. In fact, one store said they had been sold out for two weeks already. While we were at a hardware store looking for something I saw a sign that said all the Christmas things were on sale. I didn't really think about it till later that night but called and confirmed with the store that it included the fake trees. My mom and I went back the next morning and exited the store with a normally $200 tree for only $35! Talk about having fun shopping! I got a storage bag for 75% off and even a tool set for Joseph for 50% off that we almost bought a few weeks ago for full price. We had so much fun at the hardware store that morning!
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I love the idea of having small trees for the kids to decorate! How fun! And what a steal you found at the store!! I love finding great sales like that!! It looks like you had a great Christmas!!
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