Helpful Mom

We go every year to get our tree at our favorite place for pumpkins and trees.  Stokoe Farms in Scottsville, NY.  It is a cut your own tree farm, although they do offer a good selection of precut trees so you do have a choice.  But we always cut our own it’s more fun.  They have hay wagons that drive you out to the fields and drop you off by the type of tree of your choosing.  Then after you have cut down your tree they pick you back up and drive you back up the hill to get your tree shaken and baled for easier, less messy transportation.

Opening Day – Friday Nov. 26th (rain date Sat Nov. 27th)
For over 10 years Santa has been skydiving into Stokoe Farms to check on his reindeer, visit with the children, and spread Holiday cheer to all! Santa is expected to arrive around 1 PM, weather permitting. Rain date – Saturday, November 27th at 1 PM.  My kids just love this and it makes for fun memories.

Products and Pricing

• FREE ADMISSION to all farm activities!
• Choose and Cut your own special tree from thousands of Premium Christmas Trees, any variety and size up to 9 foot for only $42. Saws are provided.
• NEW for 2010 – Field Clearance Special. Pre tagged Fraser Fir trees for only $15 to $35.
  Choose and Cut only, 4 – 9 feet, limited supply
• Fresh cut trees from our display barn vary in price ranging from $29 and up, depending on variety and size
• Smaller table top or apartment sized trees are priced as marked at the display barn
• “Charlie Brown” trees for the kids to use their imagination on start at $8. These are also found at the barn display area
• We accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover
• Active military families (ID required) receive 20% discount on Christmas trees

For directions click here.

It’s that time of year…time to pick out the family Christmas tree.  Our family has gone to a tree farm for years and cut down our own tree.  When we moved from Penfield to Henrietta we had to find a new place to pick a tree since the place in Webster we had gone to for years was now 45 minutes away, a long way to drive with a tree tied to the top of our little Geo.  So we had to search and we finally settled on one that is not very far from our home at all.  It’s Remelt’s Tree Farm on East River Rd in Rush.  They offer precut or cut your own trees in a variety of types of trees.  What’s nice is they charge a flat fee depending on the type not on size.  Since we have vaulted ceilings in our living room we usually were getting a 10 ft. tree for $25-30!  They have hayrides out to the fields and saws to cut your tree, they’ll come pick you and your tree up and bring it out front where they will bale it for free and help you get it on your car if necessary.  On certain weekends there are also free Trolley rides, operated by the New York Museum of Transportation.

This year we’re considering trying out Stokoe Farms, where we go for their pumpkin patch.  They are opening this weekend on Friday from 9am-5pm.  They too have hayrides and free baling, but in addition they are offering a straw fort, live Nativity scene, bonfire, and their Country Christmas Shop and Reindeer Reststop Restaurant.  Open fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 9am-5pm, Nov 28th-Dec 21.

On opening day Santa Skydives in to check on his reindeer!  It’s Friday Nov 28th at 1pm(raindate Nov 29th).  Santa will also be there Dec 6th and 13th.  Located at South Rd in Scottsville.