Friday, November 23, 2012
A number of area tree farms offer a classic tree-cutting holiday experience in December 2012.
For the freshest Christmas tree possible, cut your own at a local tree farm. The National Christmas Tree Association in Chesterfield offers tips on how to find the perfect tree: And if you’ve never cut down a tree, here are some guidelines from Chesterfield’s National Christmas Tree Association: Try one of these nearby farms for your tree: Christmas Traditions Tree Farm: This farm is 30 minutes west of St. Charles and offers trees, wreaths, swags, and other specialty items. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 23-5 and Dec. 1, 2, 8, 9. Open Dec. 15 and 16 subject to availability. Contact the owners after Dec. 9 to check. Address: 25882 S. Lohman Road, Wright City, MO. Phone: 636-745-7488 Trees: Scotch and White pines Directions: Take Interstate …
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Allied will pick up trees on Jan. 11 and 18.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Allied Waste Management will pick up Christmas Trees for city residents twice in January. Natural trees should be placed curbside no later than 6 a.m. Jan. 11 and 18, 2012. Decorations should be removed, including lights and ornaments. Allied Waste will not pick up other wreaths, boughs, greenery, shrubs or yard waste. For more information, please contact Matthew Seeds, Community Relations Liaison, in the city’s Office of Administration at 636-949-3262 or Jeri Eaton of Allied Waste at 636-255-6142.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
What's the story behind your favorite Christmas ornament? Whether you made it in kindergarten or it's been handed down through generations, share it on Patch.
I remember a seventh-grade classmate who complained loudly when her mother decided to make a magazine-inspired fashion statement out of the Christmas tree. Instead of hauling out boxes of old ornaments, the snow-flocked tree was covered with red bows, tiny apples and naked cherubs. That classmate believed, as I do, that a Christmas tree is meant to tell a family's history, and she missed the handmade ornaments, the mementos of family milestones and other odd bits that find themselves tied to an evergreen branch each December. We'd like to know what ornaments are special to you and your family. Is it a precious heirloom blown-glass figurine? A gift from a teacher? A souvenir of a vacation or other important event in your life? Post a …
Kalen Ponche
9:22 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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