After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree!
And to recycle used, broken or old Christmas lights and electronics
See this page for local options to easily recycle your Christmas holiday lights
When should you take the Christmas tree, lights and decorations down? See this page for
traditions and standards.
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My Christmas Tree guide has photos and descriptions of
more than 2 dozen varieties of Christmas trees, along with a simple comparison chart!
If it has just snowed; see
this page about how to make snocones from real snow!
Your kids will love it!
Tips:
- If the name of the farm is blue with an underline; that's a link to their website or Facebook page. Click on it for the most current hours and information.
- ALWAYS call the farm or store BEFORE YOU GO
- many farms have closed in the past year, and of course, we won't know until the season starts and we find they aren't open! Call to confirm their supply, their hours
and whether they have trees, are allowing choose-and-cut or just precut trees; and which attractions or winter activities are available.
All three can change during the short Christmas season, due to weather, demand and the farmer's business conditions! Farms get sold, shut down or run out of trees, and they don't all update me every day, let alone every year. For
more tips to make your trip fun and successful, click here
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Updates for November 2024
November 2024:
After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree!
And to recycle used, broken or old Christmas lights and electronics
See this page for local options to easily recycle your Christmas holiday lights
When should you take the Christmas tree, lights and decorations down? See this page for
traditions and standards
In March, you'll want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt
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see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt - (www.EasterEggHuntsAndEasterEvents.org)
. It's the ONLY website that is updated every Easter for all Easter Egg hunts in
the U.S.
Christmas tree farms, lots and activities, sorted by county
Click on Resources above, if you need a county map
La Porte County
- Blank's Nursery -
Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Saws & hot drinks provided. Evergreen boughs, outdoor Christmas wreaths and lighted decorations for sale. Christmas tree seedlings and planting equipment also for sale.
0448 E. 500 S., La Porte, IN 46350. Phone: 219-393-5414. Fax: 219-362-4047. Email: [email protected]. Open: Saturday
after Thanksgiving thru December 24,Saturday and Sunday, from 12 pm to 4 pm or by Appointment; nursery hours: January 2 thru November 26 by appointment only. Call any time between 9 am to 8:30 pm for an appointment (219) 393-5414. Directions: From La Porte, IN; Take US 35 south to County Road 500 S, turn left (east); Go about 1/4 mile; Blank's Nursery is on south side of the road (brown & cream building).
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: (retail only) Red pine, White pine, Scotch pine, Norway spruce, Blue spruce, Black Hills spruce, Doublas fir, Canadian hemlock.
PreCut: (wholesale only): Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, Concolor Fir, White Pine, Scotch Pine, Norway Spruce.
- Dudeck's Pine Country
- Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Precut Christmas trees, Living
Christmas trees (to plant later), Christmas wreaths, Christmas boughs,
Christmas decorations, trees baled, saws provided,Santa visits,
horse-drawn wagon rides
9255 North 300 East, Rolling Prairie, IN 46371.
Phone: (219) 778-4805. Open 9 am until dark from the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) through December 22nd; Santa will be on hand from 10 am. to
4 pm. the first three weekends. Free horse-drawn wagon rides 10 am to 3 pm. also the first three weekends. Many varieties of trees available;
plus wreaths, grave blankets, greens and roping. Payment: cash, Credit
cards accepted.Dudeck's Pine Country Christmas tree farm has been a
family owned and operated business for over 50 years. Our many years of
growing quality pine, fir, and spruce have made us the place to go for
beautiful Christmas trees, wreaths, grave blankets, greens, roping, and
more for hundreds of families each year. You can cut up to
6'-15'.Horse-drawn wagon rides and visits with Santa start Thanksgiving
weekend. Every weekend after that they will be there except the last
weekend before Christmas. Because our weekends change every year, be
sure to check out our Facebook page for updated hours. Please note that
hay rides out to the field stop at 4:30pm due to the fact that it
becomes too dark to see! We provide bow saws for cut-your trees and tree
measurer. Farm insurance prohibits use of chainsaws by non-farm
employees. We sell live trees (balled and burlapped). We provide shaking
and baling services, free of charge. We also provide drilling for tree
stands and sell Rebar and Cinco Stands. In our gift shop we offer an
assortment of wreaths, garland, ornaments, and many other decorations,
as well as free apple cider and coffee.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: White Pine, Norway Spruce, Canaan Fir and
Frasier Fir.
Living,
rooted tree varieties: White Pine, Norway Spruce, Canaan Fir and Frasier
Fir.
. - Egolf Christmas Trees, Inc
. -
Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, wholesale, wreaths, garland, gift shop
14554 S & 700W, Wanatah, IN 46390. Phone: 219-733-2143. Email:
[email protected].
Open: Saturday, November 23, 2019 through December 24, Monday: CLOSED, Tuesday to Friday from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
CST; Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm CST) call for current days and hours. Directions: 3 miles east of Highway 421 on US 30, 2-1/2 miles
south of US 30 on CR 700W, follow the signs. Tree Size: 3' - 10'. Warm yourself by the fire and enjoy a
complimentary cup of sassafras tea (weekends only). You can watch us
shake your tree to get all the old needles out, and then bale it in
candystripe netting - both at no extra charge. We provide the saws and a
nifty little cart for carrying the tree. The fields are well kept and
enjoyable to walk through.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: SCOTCH PINE ($6.00/ft in 2019.) , WHITE PINES ($6.00/ft. in 2019), FRASER FIR
($7.00/ft. in 2019), DOUGLAS FIRS ($7.00/ft. in 2019), CONCOLOR FIR ($7.00/ft. in 2019)
- Glasgow's Christmas Trees - Christmas trees-you
choose and you cut,
7719 So. Sand
Road, Union Mills, IN 46382. Phone: (219) 608-0645. Email:
[email protected]. Open: November 27
to December 24; Dawn to Dusk.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Scotch Pine, Fraser Fir,
Douglas Fir, Other Firs, Spruces
Directions: On 500 West on the
westside of Union Mills
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Guse Christmas Trees, LLC & Guse CornMaze, LLC - Christmas
trees-you choose and you cut, Living Christmas trees (to plant later),
Christmas wreaths, Christmas boughs, garlands, Santa visits,
Christmas decorations, tree shaking provided, trees baled, saws
provided, winter wagon rides, winter train rides, bonfires, free hot
coffee, free hot chocolate, gift shop, concessions / refreshment stand,
porta-potties, restrooms, picnic area, school tours
14685 South 600
West, Wanatah, IN 46390. Phone: 219-733-9346. Email:
[email protected]. Open: mid November until the Sunday
before Christmas (CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY) 7 days a week 8 am to 4:30
pm, Santa is here several weekends, Activities on weekend, beginning the Friday after
Thanksgiving. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions.
Payment: Cash, Check,
Visa/MasterCard.
Click here for our Facebook page.
We will provide you with a saw and guide you through the tree cutting
process! There are sample trees available to help you find the variety
of tree best for you. After cutting down your tree we will shake it to
get all the old needles out and we can wrap it for easy transport. There
are many employees to help with this process and to help you with
getting that special tree on your vehicle! Complementary Belgian horse
drawn wagon rides.....It is our pleasure to offer wagon rides on the
weekends. With a warm cup of grandma's famous hot chocolate your ride is
bound to be wonderful!
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Blue Spruce, Canaan Fir, Colorado Blue
Spruce, Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, Scotch Pine, White Pine.
Living,
rooted tree varieties: Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir,
Fraser Fir, Norway Spruce.
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McClure Christmas Tree Farm
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Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and
we cut, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths, Christmas boughs,
Christmas decorations, trees baled, saws provided, winter hay rides,
bonfires, free hot chocolate, porta-potties, Santa visits, Christmas decorations,
hayrides, trees
baled,
4677 N 525 W, Laporte, IN 46350. Phone: 219-363-7689.
Alternate Phone: 219-363-8679. Fax: 219-929-6434. Email:
[email protected]. Open: 9:30 am to 4 pm on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the Sunday before Christmas;
Week Days by appointment only; see our website for current
hours. Directions: 1 1/4 miles off exit 40A on I-94. Corner of 450 N and
525 W in LaPorte County, Indiana.
Click here for a map and directions.
Payment: Cash, Debit cards,
Visa/MasterCardChristmas stands for drilled trees
and tree drilling available. We have our Christmas Shoppe in our
refurbished turn-of- the-century dairy barn and will be offering FREE
POPCORN AND HOT COCOA. We have fresh hand decorated wreaths, kissing
balls, pine cone chandeliers, grave decorations, and log reindeer. We
also have local artists wares. Christmas ornaments, jewelry,and
decorations are also available. We sell Mitchell Yule Stands, the
easiest stand to use. Hayrides round the farm and to & from field. Come
sit around the bonfire enjoy the afternoon.
Click here for our Facebook page. Payment: Cash, Debit cards,
Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. .
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, White Fir (Concolor
Fir).
You Choose and We cut varieties: White Fir (Concolor Fir),
Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir.
PreCut varieties: Fraser Fir.
- Salisbury Pines -
Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, already cut trees available; container trees available; wreaths; evergreen boughs; picnic tables available; bring hot drinks, food and camera
12299 S. Long Lane, Hanna, IN 46340. Phone:
(219) 797-4745. Directions: From Chicago, I-94E or toll road E to SR 49S to US 30 E. (Fourteen miles to Hanna); 1 and a half mile East of Hanna on US #30, 1 mile North on Long Lane to farm. Open: call for hours.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: Douglas, Frazier & Balsam fir; Blue spruce;
- Whit's Family Christmas Tree Farm -
Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Wreaths, Grave pieces, We recycle the trees after Christmas
2788S 425W, Laporte, IN 46350. Phone: 219-362-2832.
Open: Day after Thanksgiving to December 24. Directions: Take hwy 39 south from Laporte, rt on Joliet Road, go west through Door Village, 1 mile to 425W,
turn south to fourth driveway on right.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: Scotch Pine, Douglas Fir, Canaan Fir.
Marshall County
- Kreiter's Tree Farm - Christmas trees-you
choose and you cut, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths, Santa visits, trees tied, tree shaking provided, saws provided,
2360 19th Road, Tippecanoe, IN 46570. Phone: 574-498-6524. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: And for a map to our farm,
click here.
Open:
Thursday and Friday from 1 pm to 7 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to
7 pm. open day after thanksgiving till Christmas. Payment: Cash, Check.
Christmas tree varieties:
You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Balsam Fir, Blue Spruce, Eastern White Pine,
Scotch Pine.
PreCut varieties: Eastern White Pine, Scotch Pine.
St. Joseph County
Starke County
- Hensler Nursery Christmas Fest - Christmas trees-you choose and
you cut,
Christmas gift shop, Greens, Wreaths, Living-balled trees to plant after
Christmas, Grave pieces, Garlands, Centerpieces, Christmas Festival, Santa visits, live reindeer, Christmas decorations, trees bagged, winter hay
rides, winter wagon rides, parking provide free, gift shop, snacks and
refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, pony rides, petting zoo, farm
animals
5715 North 750 East, Hamlet, IN 46532. Phone: 574-867-4192. Fax:
574-867-4960. Email:
[email protected]. Open: 9 am to 6 pm, Christmas Fest begins: Friday after
Thanksgiving. Directions:, 12 miles West of Plymouth, 24
miles East of Valparaiso on US 30, 22 miles South of LaPorte on S.R. 35,
then East on US 30, 27 miles West of Bremen.
Click here for a map and directions.
Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard. Santa & Mrs. Claus
every weekend. Meet Mrs. Claus, Santa and the live reindeer. Wreaths,
garland, kissing balls and other custom made greenery available. Wholesale
and retail sales. Great gifts can be found in our Christmas Barn like
Fontanini Nativity, ornaments and Christmas decorations! Our picturesque 300
acre tree farm is the backdrop for our holiday festival. Christmas Fest
begins the day after Thanksgiving and continues through December 22nd. Come
out to Hensler's to cut your own Christmas tree, visit with Santa and Mrs.
Claus, stock up on holiday greenery, and warm up in our Eats barn. We
provide the saws, all you have to do is find the perfect tree. We specialize
in Fraser Fir, Scotch Pine, and White Pine. All are grown under the
supervision of our forester with a lot of tender loving care. Don't
want to cut a tree? We have a fine selection of freshly cut trees on our lot
for you to choose from. On Saturdays and Sundays during Christmas Fest,
Santa & Mrs. Claus open their workshop next to the tree lot. Bring the kids
and their Christmas lists so they can experience the tradition of meeting
the North Pole's royalty! Cameras are welcome.
Christmas tree varieties:
U-Choose & Cut your own: Scotch Pine, White Pine, Fraser Fir, Canaan Fir.
(UPDATED: November 19, 2018, JBS)
- Saylor's End of the Trail -
sleigh rides, horse rides, pony rides,
9562E750N, Walkerton, IN 46574. Phone: 574-586-7970. Fax. 574-586-2677.
Email:
[email protected]. Winter does not stop the romance. We have a sleigh, for that one horse open ride ( weather permitting... snow!). And give more than a GIFT: give a MEMORY.
One Horse Open Sleigh Rides. Re-live childhood memories, or make new
memories while singing jungle bells and actually riding in a one horse open
sleigh. We have a dark green vis-a-vi or black sleigh to choose from;
with or without Santa Claus driving. For bigger groups, we can hitch a team
to our bobsled; basically a small hay wagon on runners. Sleigh rides are
always a favorite to enhances any winter time party or a "Christms in July"
party. Although gluiding thought the snow is more desirable, sleigh rides
can be enjoyed even without snow, in a parking lot, or on city streets when
the wheels are placed on the runners. Expereince the expressions upon the
faces of the children, guests and/or neighbors when Santa Claus' Sleigh come
jingle bell-ing to your house or party. Of coarse, it is pulled by a horse
while the reindeer are preparing for that big night when they will have to
pull for miles upon miles. Our sleighs have been used at many types of
parties, such as company, neighborhood, family, birthday and etc..., dances
and formals, enagements, anniversaries, as wonderful ride though a
neighborhood's parade of lights, to re-live childhood memories and to check
off one item from the "bucklist". With a varity of options, we suggest you
call with you desires and interest so that we can get it quoted and
scheduled. We do everything by appointment. The winter 2015/2016 cost
of a sleigh ride at our stable is based on (Prices may have changed!) $20 per person with a $60 minium.
The base cost to bring the sleigh to your location for use up to two(2)
hours is (Prices may have changed!) $395. Romantic Carriage Rides : A Romantic Taxi A Romantic Snow Taxi We can help kindle those warm heart fires. Weddings, Proms, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Anniversaries are among the long list of special times that can be enhanced with a horse drawn ride.