the hunt || Christmas tree video from anya semenoff on Vimeo.

Every year, my family and I head into the mountains to a section of the forest that has an open season on trees. Trees to be cut down that is. (See evidence of last year’s trip here.)

We decided long ago, before my memory fully latched into my brain folds, to make it a tradition to cut down our tree in this manner, rather than either (a) getting a fake tree, or (b) getting a tree from the local supermarket or nursery. (Though, if my brain folds serve me, there have been occasions over the years where we have gone a different route due to various conflicts.) When all is right in the world however, we make this annual trek.

It is magical and predictable and team-building and character-affirming and season-greeting and altogether perfect fodder for a video. Which is posted above. I hope you enjoy it.

(The song is: “Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag” from Shedaisy. Theirs is one of my favorite Christmas albums. The songs are quirky and offbeat and not very traditional really. But that’s just the way I roll. Buy it here.)