Happy Festivus !
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couple of factors including lower plantings 10 to 12 years ago (the amount of time needed to grow and a late freeze in Quebec this spring did severe damage. I heard a story on NPR about a couple of their employees who decided to do one of their pod casts on selling Christmas trees. They went to a PA auction and the bidding was nuts. The first batch of 12 trees went for $95 per tree and that was just the beginning. The two guys ended up selling out of their 12 trees "close' to cost of trees but when they factored in all their costs they lost money.mjmaherjr post=448143 said:
As to Festivus, one of the great episodes of Seinfeld, although most Seinfeld episodes were really good. Do you have Feats of Strength before or after a few of your Bronx Ales?
Spocky Ramone
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16 oz curlsmjmaherjr post=448151 said:No just feats of thirstBrooklynRed post=448150 said:
Mrs. Ohiofan said to hold off until after the first of the year for Festivus this year, so I am just posting what it looks like on the website we got it from.
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My family usually makes an outing to the North Fork to a Christmas tree farm to select and cut a tree down. Last year we went to Santa's Christmas tree farm on the North Fork reluctantly because our favorite place was closed. I was hesitant because one of the wealthiest and largest real estate owners in the US (#33 largest) bought this large property at auction for $1.3 million just a couple of years ago from a court ordered auction when the children of the owner fought over the estate. However was pleasantly surprised that the new owner pumped a lot of money into it, set up an area with huge docile huskies (wolves really) were in a large pen called "Santa's Dogs" a lot of other improvements, joyful local kids working, etc.
My favorite place is Shamrock Christmas tree farm. Another family run business. Years ago, my wife was driving out east with our young son and a couple of his 7 year old buddies when she had car trouble near that farm. I don't remember the exact details, but Mr. Shamrock went way out of his way to help her and would not accept any gratuity for his generous and admirable effort. One such tree that we had balled on planted, a blue spruce, grew to almost 30 feet over 20 years in the front yard of a home we just sold. The house may be someone else's, but it's still our tree.
Hunting for a tree is a really special Christmastime event in my family. When my own daughter was 5 or 6, she would insist we find a magical tree, and would be in charge of selecting among dozens of trees at the usual garden centers around western nassau county. This tradition continued for years, with the effort spearheaded by my oldest kid, and the others joined in too.
This year was special, because the new heir apparent of Christmas tree selection is our soon to be 11 month old grandson. Because of sleety weather the day we went out, we didn't make it to the north fork because he was now an essential part of the trip.
My daughter found Heritage Farm in Muttontown on Northern Blvd, a new place on the site of the former Martin Viette Nursey, which had closed after 87 years in business. It's really a great story, because when they had closed, the 42 acre site was slated for development. The new nursery is transformed completely into a winter Christmas wonderland and the trees are amazingly good quality, and considering the spike in prices, reasonably priced. We had a great morning picking out trees.
I wish all Redmen.comers and your families joyous moments this Christmas despite whatever sadness or turmoil you may be experiencing. I'm a little under the weather, but we will try to make the 4 pm children's mass at St. Anne's in Garden City. It sets a peaceful and joyous tone for family gatherings tonight and tomorrow (though much smaller than usual).
Merry Christmas.
My favorite place is Shamrock Christmas tree farm. Another family run business. Years ago, my wife was driving out east with our young son and a couple of his 7 year old buddies when she had car trouble near that farm. I don't remember the exact details, but Mr. Shamrock went way out of his way to help her and would not accept any gratuity for his generous and admirable effort. One such tree that we had balled on planted, a blue spruce, grew to almost 30 feet over 20 years in the front yard of a home we just sold. The house may be someone else's, but it's still our tree.
Hunting for a tree is a really special Christmastime event in my family. When my own daughter was 5 or 6, she would insist we find a magical tree, and would be in charge of selecting among dozens of trees at the usual garden centers around western nassau county. This tradition continued for years, with the effort spearheaded by my oldest kid, and the others joined in too.
This year was special, because the new heir apparent of Christmas tree selection is our soon to be 11 month old grandson. Because of sleety weather the day we went out, we didn't make it to the north fork because he was now an essential part of the trip.
My daughter found Heritage Farm in Muttontown on Northern Blvd, a new place on the site of the former Martin Viette Nursey, which had closed after 87 years in business. It's really a great story, because when they had closed, the 42 acre site was slated for development. The new nursery is transformed completely into a winter Christmas wonderland and the trees are amazingly good quality, and considering the spike in prices, reasonably priced. We had a great morning picking out trees.
I wish all Redmen.comers and your families joyous moments this Christmas despite whatever sadness or turmoil you may be experiencing. I'm a little under the weather, but we will try to make the 4 pm children's mass at St. Anne's in Garden City. It sets a peaceful and joyous tone for family gatherings tonight and tomorrow (though much smaller than usual).
Merry Christmas.