Some people get sad when they de-Christmas their house, but for me it signals the start of a new year. Plus, removing the Christmas tree from the living room gives us back much needed living and walking space and makes the house feel bigger, so there’s a sense of return to normalcy in that regard. [...]
Tags: Christmas tree·collection·DC DPW
Each year you will inevitably head to your local store, school or church parking lot and pick out the innocent centerpiece of your holiday selfishness: your Christmas tree. You’ll pay the man with the sad eyes who is dressed in some sort of winter armor before you strap your prize to the roof of your [...]
Tags: Christmas tree·Murder
No one really likes taking down the Christmas decorations when the holiday passes. It’s not quite as exciting as putting them up and getting ready for a visit from Santa or holiday meals with family and friends, unless you’re one of a select group that really enjoys sweeping up pine needles. It’s a necessary evil of [...]
Having a real Christmas tree is a tradition in my family, and when my wife and I got married we decided to keep that tradition going in our home. The fresh cut at the trunk helps the tree take in more water from the stand, but that starts to slow and pretty soon the tree [...]
Tags: Christmas tree·DPW·mulch
It’s that time of year! Put down your oven mitts and drop that turkey because Christmas trees are arriving on Capitol Hill. I know in our community we have people following various traditions about when to put a tree up in their homes, but the trees are arriving early this year and we are fortunate [...]
Tags: Christmas tree·Eastern Market·Frager's Hardware·Gingko Gardens
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