Smell of Christmas

Can you believe it is already Christmas?  You can start to see stores transforming, lights being hung outside, and most of all the radio stations are being taken over with "Jingle Bells" and "It's Beginning to Look Alike Like Christmas."  Today I had a great experience at my first EVER Christmas Tree Lot.

My family has never had a REAL Christmas tree so the Clark Family Christmas tradition of picking out the perfect tree has never occurred for our family.   (I'm not saying I will ever carry on the tradition of the Clark Family either).  So, I have never been to a Christmas Tree Lot and had no idea what to expect.  I volunteered with GenEx today to set up a Christmas Tree Lot.  There is alot of hard work that goes into helping a family pick out their perfect match.  We started with tagging trees while others built the structure.  Then we cut the wrapping off the tree and stood it up so families could pick their prize.  Sounds pretty easy, but you forget there is sap involved.

I am not sure how this gets you in the Christmas mood when you are covered head to toe with sap, but the smell reminds you of the holidays.  Did I mention that sap is sticky?   Still we had so much fun and I can't wait to get my Christmas decoration (yes one decoration) out.  My wooden Christmas tree will do just fine for another year. 

Overall, I was just glad the Christmas vacation squirrel (or any other creature for that matter) didn't fly out of the stack of trees!  Here is the before pictures.  There was no way I could even reach my hand into my purse for an after photo!