I love Christmas. It is my absolute favorite holiday. Christmas music, festive displays, holiday treats and most importantly family traditions. One of my favorite traditions is picking out a Christmas tree. Some people head down to the basement to unpack their stored synthetic spruce, while other’s wander around Home Depot to pick out a prime 6ft Balsam Fir. Living in Hawaii presents an interesting challenge of getting a fresh tree. Trees shipped from the mainland, usually arrive here in the middle of November. So one can imagine when they were actually cut down. Once they arrive, they often start to lose their needles as soon as you put them up.  My preference, if possible, is to head to a local Christmas Tree Farm. You might wonder where do people get their Christmas Trees in Hawaii? Well we happen to have our very own local Christmas tree farm right down the road, Helemano Farms. Helemano Farms I love that Hawaii has a Christmas Tree Farm. To me, it feels like so much more of an experience to go to a farm verses heading to a store to pick out a tree. Helemano Farms has a few different types of trees but we have always opted for … Continue reading Christmas Trees in Hawaii: Helemano Farms