In a Hard Year, Families Find Joy in Real Christmas Trees

When Allison Protsko was a child, the arrival of the Christmas season meant driving with her family to pick out a Christmas tree, cutting it down themselves and dragging it home.

This year, about a decade since Ms. Protsko, 34, last brought a real Christmas tree into her home, she decided to go with her children and her boyfriend, Joseph Storminger, to Bell’s Christmas Trees in Accord, N.Y., reviving a cherished family tradition.

“Just the smell from the tree brings back that Christmas feeling and the memories from childhood,” Ms. Protsko said.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/bells-christmas-trees-coronavirus.html