Ok well maybe not EVER, but for our family it's the biggest. When I was a kid my dad took me to go cut down our Christmas tree every year. Picture "Christmas Vacation" and that was us. As my nephews got older they would join in the fun so they know all about my dads competative nature to keep topping the tree from the previous year. My nephews grew up and I moved out of the house. My dad still faithyfully went to cut down his tree and every year it got bigger and bigger. A few years ago my parents built a house and I think my dad purposely made it a "loft" style living room to continue getting bigger and bigger trees. My oldest nephew Mark and his wife Michelle have an almost 2 year old Cole and this year they joined my dad on the adventure now bringing Cole into the family tradition. Just like "Christmas Vacation" my nephew said it was like the light was shining on this tree. 9ft high, 22ft around and it has to be tied to the stair case to stay up. I don't know how my dad had enough lights for it, but it was definately a proud moment for him to have us all there Saturday to see his tree. I took another photo with flash to really see the size.
I love having all the family together and as all the kids grow up now are getting married the family gets bigger and bigger!
Our little family gem, Cole, my "great" nephew which makes me sound alot older than I really am, I prefer just good old Aunt Jen with him. It was great to have a little one around the house at Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Wow! We used to get a large Christmas tree for our old home in Bethany, but nothing the size of your Dad's.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid we would go to the tree lot in the plaza and buy a tree for $12.
ReplyDeletemy tree is 35ft, sorry to break it to you , but 9ft, better luck next year
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