Club takes preschoolers to cut own Christmas trees
PLEASANT HILL, Ore. -- What would christmas be without a tree? And what's more fun than cutting your own?
The children from the Pearl Buck preschool got to do just that Thursday.
Members of the Eugene Active 20-30 Club took about 25 of the kids out for a hayride, tree cutting and more at Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm in Pleasant Hill, Ore.
"Especially with how hard the economy has been and everything, it's definitely a help," said Jennifer Johnson, a mother of a Pearl Buck preschoolers. "It's so much fun for us to come out and do."
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{12.24}("The absolutely love it," said Liesl McLean with the Eugene Active 20-30 Club, "they had a great time. We've been singing songs and santa's here so it's a great morning."
This is the 21st year for the tree cutting expedition. This year, each child also went home with lights and ornaments for their tree.
