Xmas tree tradition

Sunday, 12 December 2021

Since 2008 we have been getting our Christmas Trees from Pittwater Dunes. Armed with our $5 licence and a few saws, we'd walk through the dunes looking for the best tree around.  Sometimes it took more walking than other times. I remember 20 minute walks dragging one or two trees behind us back to the car

2008 

 2012, 2007, 2012 

Almost every time the tree was taller than the ceiling.  Unfortunately the Parks and Wildlife service have now stopped letting the public loose in the dunes  (I wonder if they aren't keen on people stumbling with axes). 

So this is how we get our tree now:

This is Jon standing in the queue outside the local hardware store. It's not quite adventurous but it is a bit quicker and the teenagers aren't required. Which is a good thing as they are generally still sleeping in (regardless of the time of day)

Even though the tradition of getting the tree isn't the same anymore, we do still decorate it together, and there will always be a moose at the top.