We always had a live green Christmas tree in Los Angeles. We would go to a Christmas tree lot and select the perfect one, often a fir tree. Donna & Dick at Christmas Tree lot... we only bought green ones, however. 1951 I think we usually found a tree lot on Manchester Ave west of Western Ave. In the 1940s and 1950s the trees would never be perfect, but we thought we’d found a good one, if it had one good side. Dad would pick up extra branches to do some “repair” when we got home. Dad would…
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