ONE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS TREE

Thank You for Your Service

There is one special Christmas tree located every December 

in Land Title Plaza in the center of downtown Walla Walla. 

It stands beneath the over-sized American flag and is dedicated 

to those in the military as well as military veterans. 

CHRISTMAS WINDOWS #5

O Christmas Tree

O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

Your boughs so green in summertime

Stay bravely green in wintertime

O tannenbaum, o Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

Let us all remember

In our gift giving and our merriment

With our family and friends and loved ones

The real and true meaning of Christmas

O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum

How lovely are thy branches

CHRISTMAS @ KLICKER'S-Part 4

Santas, Snowmen, and Sparkles

Stepping inside Klicker's store, you enter a world of Christmas. Even the most die-hard Grinch would find it difficult not to feel the Christmas Spirit here. All sorts of baubles, bangles, beads, and bibelots are available for purchase as gifts or to brighten your very own Christmas tree and home. It's hard to choose!

It's easy to spend more time than planned looking at all the Christmas ornaments and decorations.

But wait! There's still more to see in tomorrow's blogpost. 

KLICKER'S @ CHRISTMAS-Part 2

To Flock or Not to Flock

After choosing the perfect tree (see Part 1 of this series), there's still another choice to be made. At Klicker's, they do their own custom flocking--light, medium, or heavy--depending upon the intensity of the blizzard-look you want in your family room. A hint I learned from the 'flocker-man' is to string the lights on the tree first, and then have it flocked. That way the lights blend in and twinkle like lights seen through a snow storm. 

People seem to have definite feelings about flocking. I think it's a love it or hate it kind of thing. 

Growing up, my family had two trees--a standard issue green Douglas fir in the living room which served as the family tree where Santa would leave the presents, and then a second, white-flocked decorative tree on the stair landing in front of the big multi-paned picture window. This tree served dual purposes--you could see it from the inside as you climbed the stairs and also from the street outside as part of the outdoor house decorations. 

 I like both green and flocked trees and have had both kinds as a adult, but I've never had a purple or a pink flocked Christmas tree which I've only seen in pictures. Kicker's only does white snow flocking.

KLICKERS @ CHRISTMAS--Part 1

Finding the Perfect Tree

Klicker's, formally known as Klicker Berries and Antiques, is a 4th generation family business in Walla Walla. At Christmas time, it is my go-to place to experience Christmas with all my senses. Outside, the fresh smell of pine and fir hangs in the air as I wander up and down the aisles of cut evergreen trees all vying for that special spot in someone's home. I no longer put up a tree, but that familiar scent takes me back to many Christmases past, many of which began right here with a Saturday outing along with my husband and two sons to select our family Christmas tree.

If we were lucky, there would be snow covering the bare trees and dirt paths creating that cold crunch-crunch underfoot.

Years ago, Klickers used to grow live trees that they would custom cut for customers. Nowadays, all their trees are pre-cut. They arrive all bundled up and stacked until they are eventually set free and lined up in rows.

As soon as one tree is removed to go to a home for Christmas, another tree is brought in to take its place.