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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-12-22, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011.Cutting your own tree still popular in Huron Christmas is a time for family gathering and traditions and what is more Canadian than pulling on your warmest mitts and hat, wrapping a scarf around 90 per cent of your face and finding that perfect tree? Provided you avoid any Chevy Chase-esque predicaments on the way home from finding the tree, it can be a great way to spend time as a family and, with Mathers’ tree lot just north of Belgrave, there’s no reason to not make this part of your family’s Christmas practices. Whether you’re in the market for a seven-foot tall pine, like the Willis family from Goderich was, or a 20 foot tall tree for the lobby of a localchurch, finding the right tree is a bitcliché – it’s all about the journey.“We’ve always had a live tree, both me and my husband, and we’ve been doing this with our family for 10 years,” Debbie Willis said. “It just doesn’t smell like Christmas without a real tree.” “We’ve never had artificial,” Debbie’s husband Dan said. “It just wouldn’t feel right.” Debbie and Dan, as well as children Amy and Jamie, scoured Arnold Mathers’ lot for the perfect tree and found it in their 20 year old scotch pine tree, which has been trimmed 15 times since being planted. “It feels more like Christmas whenwe come and do this,” daughter Amysaid. “It’s more fun getting a realtree and I get to go on the snowmobiles.” “It’s a really big deal for our family,” Debbie said. Amy agreed, stating that she can remember usually being the first people to get to the lot in a day and often the last to leave. This year the family broke tradition a little, but usually they make a real event out of coming to the lot, finding their tree and taking it back to their Goderich home. “We usually have hot chocolate and cookies to take in the van on the Dave Franken CONCRETE FORMING COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • Foundations • Floor Finishing • Circular Tanks • Sandwich Walls FREE ESTIMATES RR #3 Blyth 519-523-9971 Wishing all our friends, customers and neighbours a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for the coming New Year. Thank you for your business this past year, we look forward to serving you in the future. Happy Holidays and thank you for your patronage Greyhaven Gardens We have Available by calling 519-523-9781 Londesboro Gift Cards S eas on’s G r eet i ngs ROBERT RADFORD FARM MACHINERY REPAIRS P.O. Box 144 Londesborough, Ontario N0M 2H0 519-523-4851 from Beuermann Construction Brussels 519-887-8246 The start of a Christmas Vacation Amy and Jamie Willis of Goderich visited Mather’s Christmas Tree lot in mid-December to get the fir for their family room. The Willis family has been visiting the lot, which is just north of Belgrave, for years and see the outing as a family experience. (Denny Scott photo) By Denny Scott The Citizen Continued on page 12