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Getting a Christmas tree was always so magical for me as a kid. My mother, father, sister and I would go to a Christmas tree farm, packed in the truck and argue about the perfect Christmas tree. When we finally found it my dad would cut it down and drag it back to the truck. We would go back to the farms barn and have hot cocoa with those yum little sugar cookies in the tin can. We did this almost every year when I was growing up. The only few exceptions were when I was a little older and my mom and I went into our woods and drug a tree behind our horses.

These are some very sweet memories, but I can only imagine how much money all those Christmas trees added up to be for my family. When you're a kid you do not think about how much everything really costs. Now of course I do. $45 for a Christmas tree at a grocery store!? That's how much it is to get one of those sad looking Christmas trees in front Smith's. You don't even get the magical experience of going with your family to pick the perfect tree!

Many families choose to just get an artificial tree. I feel bad those families do not get that magical experience of picking their perfect tree or even such a wonderful holiday tradition. These families still pay a heavy price to have a artificial tree. Targets cheapest 4.5ft tree is $60. Which is not bad considering the hefty cost of a fake tree that only lasts one year.

Of course if you own property your tree can be free every year if you have some pine trees. If you don't own any property in Montana you can get a tree permit for $5 to cut a tree down in national forest or on state land.  

Don't even get me started on Christmas light costs or Christmas decoration costs! Its ridiculous the amount of money spent on only Christmas trees. Here's the 11million dollar Christmas tree in India:

 

Here's exactly what I was talking about with Christmas decorations http://theweek.com/articles/454574/5-most-obscenely-expensive-christmas-decorations