1st UK Real Christmas Tree with Pines and Needles, St Albans - Review

We have started a new UK Christmas tradition this year by introducing my children to the magic of real Christmas trees. We travelled this week on a cold and dark night to our local Pines and Needles Christmas tree store in St Albans, Hertfordshire. We were invited by the marketing team of Pines and Needles to visit store and pick out a tree.

My first real Christmas tree was given to me when I was only 2 days old. I have many happy childhood memories of travelling with my grandparents or parents to the local Christmas tree farm to pick out tree for my bedroom in Oregon, USA. We would always have beautiful main tree that my mother would cover with thousands of lights and delicate glass ornaments but my siblings and I would always have a Christmas tree also in our room with our personal collections of decorations.

On the Eighth Day of #12DaysOfParenting 2015

"On the Eighth Day of Christmas - Christmas Trees" is the today's topic for #12DaysOfParenting. Welcome to my blog if you are hopping over from Cookies and Cwtches.

We stopped by a Tree Festival at our local church. My daughter loved running around looking for cuddly (stuffed) toys as part of scavenger hunt. Below a selection of trees including a tree Little Ladybug help make ornaments for and decorate.