We saw in the paper that a tree in Manchester Connecticut (right next to us) was in the top 6, then 3 choices to be the New York City Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center. It turned out to be not 5 miles from us, on the street to the mall that we pass all the time, without realizing that they have some nice looking, tall trees there beside a humble typical residence. But even while the papers were being coy about it being in the top 6, we pretty much knew it was a done deal, because they had wrapped the lower limbs, tied in all the branches and had a humongous crane truck and flatbed parked near it. Somehow we doubted they were treating the other "top 5" like this. Here is a picture I took yesterday. They cut it down and it is on the way to the big apple today. Will the home owners go the Virgin Islands on the deal?

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