Our tree is now up! Friday after our daughter got out of school we went over to the local tree lot we go to every year. It's close to the house, we get a coupon in the mail and the daughter loves the free apple cider. Like most people, we had serious sticker shock this year when seeing how much a tree cost. The hubby even tried to talk us into going with a smaller tree this year but my daughter who loves Christmas was not having it. So we got this beauty. Took a little work to get her straight once we got her in the house. But once we got her all straightened out and decorated, I do have to say she is a beauty!!!!