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| - So this is our first Christmas tree experience in Las Vegas. I prefer a live tree, so we started looking around at a nursery nearby. The nursery trees were just nailed down to wood, and they looked so sad, like trees that were being punished. We left looking for another spot to check out more trees.
We saw Deerbrook Farm Trees in a lot along Charleston, and it looks very festive. They have an old firetruck outside and a tented area. The smell of the Christmas trees was so lovely I wanted to just hang out there just to be in the forest of trees!
And dawdle we did, we looked at every tree in the place, huge trees, small trees, all types! All very alive and all in their own pots of water, very happy trees. I went to many and shook them to see if the needles would fall, many if not most had almost no needle loss. These trees are from Oregon, and are FRESH! Much fresher than the trees we would get in NYC. AND much cheaper and much better selection. They even had Charlie Brown trees( the scarcely tree like trees).
The people working at the Deerbrookfarm were so nice, and patient, and answered our questions well. They really seem to be enjoying what they are doing and care about the trees. they were re watering them as we were there...keeping them nice and moist in this desert can't be easy.
They attached a stand to the tree, and said we could return with it next year and they would be happy to attach it to our tree next year.
And we will be back! This was a great experience and the beginning of a tradition.
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