tree lot

A vanishing Christmas tradition is going to the tree lot and picking out a real tree. This lot on the Sam's parking lot is one of the very few in Lubbock. These trees for West Texas homes were grown in Colorado and shipped in refrigerated trucks. When I lived in Alabama, we'd climb the hill behind the house (the Talladega National Forest was my backyard) and cut down our own tree. Today most people just get the box out of the attic.