Western Mass. families get a head start on Christmas tree traditions

Even though Halloween Day hasn't come around yet, Christmas is on the mind of some families with annual traditions already starting, 22 News reporter Claire Overton learned about how locals are prepping. Claire, that's right, Retta. It's not like they're skipping Halloween and Thanksgiving. They're more so making sure this year is going to be the perfect Christmas. I'm in the happy business. That's for sure. I think I have the best job in the whole entire world. According to Mariah Carey, well, almost Halloween and Thanksgiving are up first, but many families are already preparing for the Christmas season. Paul Bunyan Farm and Nursery in Chicopee is home to thousands of Christmas trees that families take home each year. It does take me ten years to grow a Christmas tree so I only can sell so many a year because I have to save trees for the years following for all our great customers who come in. Susan Lopes, the owner, getting to be a part of memories in what some people call the most wonderful time of the year. Another family was here for the first time and they tagged a Fraser fir and the mother left so excited. Susan saying she's seen a lot of new families this year but for others tree tagging is a tradition that gets passed down from generation to generation. I came with my family here to get Christmas trees and now I bring my own nine years I'm with my own family. For the Boutin family this tradition is something they look forward to each year and when you find the perfect tree tagging it to mark it as yours. All right ready, we got to do it again double knot. The boys get to be part of the process that we look at all of them We went across the street, we came back, you know. It takes time, but, you know, we just get to find one that fits our home, you know, that speaks to us. Each family tagging their tree in a unique way. Whether it's the color of the ribbon or if they're bringing their own decor from home, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas very soon. And they still have some trees available for tagging over at Paul Bunyan's with the trees ready to go home and be cut right around the Thanksgiving time. Working for you, Claire Overton, 22 News.