I have never had an artificial tree for Christmas, never! We have had a tradition every year of cutting down our own Christmas tree. Out first Christmas together we cut a beatutiful tree from a tree farm in New Jersey. The only year we didn't cut our own was the first year we moved to Utah (1993). We bought one from someone in Payson who cut trees from their property and sold them. It will forever be kown as the "Christmas bush." We picked it in the dark which as you know in Utah starts about 5:00pm around Christmas time. They had spot lights and we had a flashlight. We thought we'd picked a good one... not!
Our tradition of cutting continued at Riley's Orchard in Payson until they sold out to development (boo, hiss) and now we buy a permit and cut trees from Forest Service land. It has been an adventure most every year including the year we went to the area south of Tooele which the kids refer to as "the desert."
This year we returned to Ephraim Canyon and here are the results:
Here's one possibility (this was my choice).
...and here's the next.
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