Joy of Christmas

Usually Christmas starts the day after Thanksgiving. But there are those people who decorate Christmas Eve. It’s been a tradition for many years, and they’re the 70 year old people and they come in and this was their lifestyle. They never saw any Christmas in their house until Christmas morning,” says Kathy Hafner, owner of Hafner’s Red Barn in North Syracuse.

Unless you’re the Short family.

“Normally we use our artificial tree, but we didn’t get around to putting it up this year, so we’re out with the last minute shoppers trying to keep in the Christmas spirit and get that tree up before tomorrow,” said Robert Short Jr.

For the Urban family, buying a brand new ornament Christmas Eve at Hafner’s Red Barn is their tradition.

“Every year we get a new Christmas ornament and put it on the tree. It’s just a great tradition. We make sure we do it every year,” says Elizabeth Urban.

“Whatever their new traditions are, I go along with it. And I’m there to help them create and make a beautiful Christmas for their family,” Hafner says.

There are some advantages to buying your tree on the 24th of December. Your family can be together to put together the tree for a Christmas tradition. And also, you do get a little bit of a discount.

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