Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My son and I had this crazy idea that we could easily kayak across the river to get a Christmas tree this year. Turns out it is ...

Every year, my husband and I cut a Christmas tree on family land. We look for a young balsam fir growing in the power line right-of-way or in a forest clearing. Fir is our favorite type of Christmas ...

My son and I had this crazy idea that we could easily kayak across the river to get a Christmas tree this year. Turns out it is very difficult to paddle with a tree on your kayak. We did eventually ...

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