Okay, I'm a couple weeks late getting these pics up. Found our tree this year at what you can essentially call a drive-thru tree lot. Drive in, you're handed the saw, drive around until you see the tree you want, park, then go cut it down, drive out, pay, and be sure to return the saw. Poor man's Apple Hill choose-and-cut experience. Nonetheless, it did the trick for us, and we found our big-but-not-as-big-as-last-year's tree. And, the boys got to see santa. 2 for 1!
The tree!!
Someone was set on getting to hold the saw and helping to "cut down" the tree. (Fortunately some workers showed up with a chainsaw!)
Thankfully Baba and Dave came along for the now annual excursion. We needed all the help we could get to hoist that beast up on to the roof of the truck!
Arjen explaining the transformer he would like for Christmas, while giving Gus a little brotherly support. 
No screaming kid, but we were hard pressed to get anything remotely close to a smile from Gus. Arjen at least humored us. And Santa, well, looks like he maybe was ready for a break!
The "drive thru" was interesting, but considering how heavy the tree was, it was a good idea. Fun traditions!!!
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