One of the more fun aspects of Christmastime in NYC is the carting of trees around Manhattan. I mean, when I was living in other states it was standard procedure to get in your car, go to the place that had trees, find a tree, throw it in the car, and take it home. But, in Manhattan, you don’t do that. First, the place with Christmas trees has no parking. Second, as a Manhattanite you often don’t have a car.
Instead, it’s a little old-school. You walk to the closest place with trees and you carry your purchase home. Usually, it’s a family affair with two people carrying the tree. It does tend to keep the size of trees down, but that’s also true of NYC apartments.
Anyway, I was down on 14th Street and saw a place with trees. I wish I could have caught some people carrying one away, but no such luck.
Yeah, there’s not even the traditional parking lot or empty lot…just the sidewalk.
As for me, I set up a Nativity (from Hummel). All my tree stuff is in storage.
-H
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