Trees for Troops – Delivering holiday cheer, one Christmas tree at a time

Christmas 2011 marks the seventh year the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation has delivered farm fresh Christmas trees at home and abroad to active duty U.S. military personnel and their families through the Trees for Troops program.

Christmas tree growers throughout the country, including those in New Hampshire and Vermont, donate trees and garner customer support for Trees for Troops, allowing the program to deliver some 17,000 Christmas trees each year. New Hampshire and Vermont Christmas tree growers donate 425 Christmas trees to the program each year.

For Christmas tree farms and their customers, it’s a way to spread a little holiday cheer – one Christmas tree at a time – and to thank the men and women in our country’s armed services, who often spend the holidays away from home and family.

Last year, Trees for Troops delivered 17,224 trees to 59 military bases, including seven bases overseas… In 2011, Trees for Troops expects to deliver its 100,000^th tree!

You can help by visiting a participating farm – many of them have special events or sales dedicated to Trees for Troops.

Merry Christmas to all, whether you’re home for the holidays or far away.

Visit a Christmas Tree Farm and Get Festive!

Visiting a Christmas tree farm to find the perfect tree is a holiday tradition for many folks. Several of our New Hampshire and Vermont Christmas tree farms offer craft fairs, caroling, hot cocoa, and other special touches to make the process of selecting a Christmas tree a festive and fun event.

We invite you to peruse our list of NH-VT Christmas Tree farms to find the one most to your liking… whether you prefer to wander through neat rows of snow-covered fir trees to find your Christmas tree or select a Christmas tree from our farms’ on-site retail lots.

Some farms also offer Christmas tree packages, where you’ll receive a discounted stay at a local inn or hotel when you also purchase a farm fresh tree from one of our growers. Whether you’re looking for a romantic getaway at a quaint New England inn or a family outing at a larger hotel, our holiday vacation packages are a wonderful way to get into the Christmas spirit.

Happy Christmas tree hunting… and many happy returns!