My mom also had a prejudice against Scotch Pines, which I have adopted as my own. We wanted a six or seven footer, but dad wasn’t into paying a bundle for it either. We usually hit a few of the Christmas tree tents running down US1 in Cutler Ridge, trying to find a tree that hit that perfect ratio between size and price. The only naturally growing real pine trees were usually about 70 feet tall, so they weren’t quite right for decorating. The reality was, we lived in Homestead, Florida. This Norman Rockwell / Charles Wysocki version of my family’s Christmas tree tradition is, of course, only partly true. Then we’d settle in to sip eggnog and watch “White Christmas” or “The Bells of Saint Mary’s”. His job done, my mother and I would decorate the tree with festive glass ornaments and strings of popcorn, while dad read the paper and sipped a tumbler of Jameson. He would fell the noble tree in one great motion and drag home to our log cabin. His quest? To find that one perfect Fraser Fir. When I was growing up, my father would march into the lush pine wooded forests of Vermont on December 10th, hickory handled axe perched over his shoulder. In terms of these catalogs though, 1942 is one of the first advertised versions I found, proudly exaulting the low cost and the lack of falling needles. Check out Wikipedia for the full history. In this entry to the Christmas Catalog Extravaganza series, I give you Artificial Christmas Trees! I really thought this was a rather recent invention, but a little research proved me entirely wrong. 1968 Sears Catalog Artificial Christmas Tree
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