Our Charlie Brown tree

Bought a Christmas tree yesterday. We chose a Norway spruce at 8 ft tall. Picked it for its shape, but it was a sorry looking tree at first. It must have lain at the bottom of some pile for a time. It's inner branches were coated with soil and the dead needles of other trees. Once we got it home, we hosed it down and and shook the branches vigorously to clean it up. It's got a fine shape and smells great. Here's a picture before decorating...



...and after.