What falls away at Christmas: getting the tree

No, I am not suggesting not getting a Christmas tree.  (But if that appeals to you, go for it.  That was also three negatives in one sentence, but I am not changing it.)

But I am suggesting that you don't have to lug all your children in two vehicles to the tree farm in the freezing cold.  It's possible that one kid won't walk, and you'll have to carry him in his thick winter coat and snow pants on top of your sizable bump of an unborn child that's hiding under your thick winter coat.

It's possible you will have to hike a mile to find the perfect tree, walk back and forth between trees yelling out which tree is better, try really hard to stay jolly (because this is supposed to be a fun Christmas activity!) while children start to complain about the cold, and then, somehow, walk back uphill (still holding the toddler) while your husband drags the tree behind him and tries to encourage the oldest to keep walking despite his claims of capabilities to the contrary.

It's possible that you would have to hurriedly squish all the unhappy, cold children back into the car while your husband takes care of buying the tree and throwing it into the back of the truck (hence, the two vehicles).

Cutting down the tree at the tree farm is a cool thing.  No doubt about that.  I like doing it.

However, the decision to do so has not always been prudent for our family.

But I have slugged it out in recent years because I thought I had to do it because...

...because...

...I don't why.  I thought I had to in order to make happy Christmas memories for my family?  I think we might have cut the tree down once as a kid.  I'm not really sure.  I don't have loads of sentimental value attached to cutting down the tree.  My dad usually went to go get it.  From wherever.

And guess what, folks?

That's what's happening this year!  The dad of the family is going to get it.  Wherever he wants.

The whole (young) family traipsing out to the tree farm to cut down the tree and bring it home?

It's what's falling away this Christmas.

I welcome your thoughts about how you handle getting the Christmas tree in your house.