Blog About It All: Christmas Tree Shopping

Let's talk Christmas Trees! Do you put up your Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, sooner or later? We usually put up our Christmas Tree and decorations the day after Thanksgiving. Although I love Christmas and all the decorations, I like to give room for Thanksgiving and Fall to be celebrated. I came across an article how people who decorate for Christmas earlier are happier, after reading that I did try to convince my husband to put up our tree a little earlier this year, but he was not having it. He was eager to remind me how it works better for us to decorate Thanksgiving weekend since he is off of work and the kids have no school, so I have plenty of help putting out all the Christmas decor so we waited until the day after Thanksgiving to start decorating.

This Christmas will you have a real Christmas tree or an artificial tree? In our first years of marriage we always purchased a real Christmas tree, after we had our second born son, we switched over to an artificial Christmas tree. For quite a while now we have had two artificial trees, but last year the lights in one of our artificial trees went out so I mentioned to my husband that I would like to purchase a real tree and have one of each this year. I think it is great for the kids to experience a real Christmas Tree, the entire experience, finding the right one, bringing it home tied to the top of your car, enjoying the smell of Christmas, watering and decorating the tree.

I love seeing pictures people share of cutting down their very own Christmas tree or visiting one of those festive Christmas Tree Farms and although that looks like a lot of fun and a great memory to create with your family. If you are not up for cutting down your own tree, it is a nice convenience to be able to pick up a real Christmas tree at your local grocery store. Did you know you can find great quality Christmas trees at your local Lucky Supermarket? As well as any of the Save Mart family of stores here in Northern California, including FoodMaxx, Lucky, and Savemart.

We purchased our tree at a Lucky Supermarket and we were pleased with the convenience, we visited the lot in the grocery store parking lot and selected our tree. Each tree has a tag on it, you take the bar code portion into the store and pay for your Christmas tree. It was nice to be able to pick up eggnog, holiday treats and our Christmas tree all at one location.

It has been a while since I had a real Christmas tree I had forgotten how wonderful they smell. It smell's like Christmas! I told my husband we may have to have one of each from here on out. Our artificial tree is a nice one, but after purchasing this real tree, there is quite a difference, the real tree is so nice and full and that Christmas smell, is my favorite part.

I do highly recommend you purchase your real Christmas tree early! You will be able to enjoy it longer and get the best pick. At the Lucky Supermarket we visited they had real Table Top Christmas trees for $19.99, 6-7' Noble Fir Trees for $49.99 and 6-7' Douglas Fir Trees for $29.99. We went with a Noble Fir Tree, I love it! I called ahead to make sure my select location had trees, that is a great tip too, call ahead and make sure they have trees and have not sold out.

There is something special about having the smell of Christmas, lights aglow and the tree adorned with ornaments full of memories. It makes your home feel cozy and bright. We were so excited to get our tree home and decorated. We put on our favorite Christmas music while we decorated and then enjoyed the evening together watching a Christmas movie, these are special memories I will hold dear to my heart as my children are growing up so fast.

Remember you will need a Christmas tree stand for your tree and while you are picking up your Christmas Tree at your local Lucky supermarket check out these great deals as well, you can get your grocery shopping done and Christmas tree all in one stop!

You can save time at the grocery store by using Lucky's new ClickCart online ordering with curbside pick up this is a huge time saver. You can read more about that here: http://bit.ly/2NqBdWF.

I selected the newest ClickCart location (5000 Mowry Avenue, Freemont, CA) to look at the weekly ad. You can find their weekly ad by clicking the image below or here:

https://www.luckysupermarkets.com/weekly-ad
Their ads run Wednesday through Tuesday, this week’s ad is for November 28, 2018-December 4, 2018.

My favorite deals this week:

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts or Thighs $1.69 lb.
Roast Sale $3.99 lb.
Fresh Cooked Dungeness Crabs $4.99 lb. -They will crack and clean for free!
18 ct. Market Essentials Large Eggs 2/$5
California Pizza Kitchen Pizzas $4.99
Buy Two Las Palmas Enchilada Sauce, Get One Free Mission Tortillas 10 ct.
Free Bayview Farms or Sunnyside Farms Gallon Milk when you buy any 4 participating General Mills Cereal or Nature Valley or Fiber One Granola Bars which are 2/$5
Pillsbury Small Biscuits or Cinnamon Rolls 5/$5 select varieties
Capri Sun Variety Pack 30 ct. $6.99
Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc or Red Pears $1.49 lb.
Red, Green or Black Seedless Grapes $1.49 lb.

3-Day Sale (November 30-December 2)
These are my favorites, check out the ad for more info!
Pork Shoulder Butt Roast .99 lb.
Maseca Instant Masa Mix 2/$4 (limit 2) Just in time for tamales!
Sunnyside Farms Butter $2.99 each
Lofthouse Cookies 2/$5 select varieties

For more information or to sign up for Save Smart/Lucky You rewards programs, please visit their banner websites-Save Smart Rewards at https://www.savemart.com and Lucky You Rewards at https://www.luckysupermarkets.com.