Map: Where You Can Cut Down Your Own Christmas Tree

Patch has assembled a list of local tree farms where you can find the perfect tree for your home this holiday season.

Click on the link for more information about each tree farm.  Click on "view larger map" for location and directions. Allison's Christmas Tree Farm, 121 Allison Lane, Aliquippa, PA 15001 Saws Available, Free Shaking and Baling of trees for ease in Transport, Stand-Straight Tree Drilling and Stands. Choose-and-Cut, Precut, and Dug trees. Grupp's Christmas Trees, 147 Grupp Lane, Harmony, PA  Offers six varities of trees that you can cut yourself. They are Scotch Pine, White Pine, Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, Canaan Fir and Concolor Fir. Also has a large selection of pre cut Fraser Fir trees.  Bertovich Evergreen Christmas Tree Farm, 1031 Willowbrook Drive, Industry, PA 15052 Christmas trees-you choose and they cut, wagon rides, free tree baling…

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Get Out: Christmas Activities Galore

Here's what's happening around the Cranberry area this weekend.

Christmas is on its way, and Cranberry Patch wants to help you celebrate. Here's a rundown of fun (mostly) holiday activities taking place around the area for you and the family. 1. “Not Just Ballroom” Dance When/Where: 7 to 11 tonight in the gym at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center. Why Go: Get into the swing of things with this monthly dance class featuring the salsa, cha-cha, line dancing and much more. Lessons start at 7 p.m. Singles and couples are welcome.  Price: $10 2. Milk and Cookies with Santa When/Where: Sessions at noon and 2 p.m. Saturday and sessions at 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center. Why Go: Catch up with Santa as the children decorate holiday cookies and make a craft. Don’t forget to …

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Oh, Christmas Tree! What Do We Do With You Now?

Cranberry residents can dispose of old Christmas trees during regular trash pick-up times.

After hours of searching, thoughtful deliberation, and minor frostbite, you found the perfect evergreen to take home for Christmas. You lugged the tree through snow, across hills and secured it tightly to the hood of your car. And, once home, you squeezed the large tree through at least two doorways, leaving a long trail of pine needles behind. The next few hours were spent decorating the tree with lights, garland and with what may seem like hundreds of ornaments. Now, it is a Christmas tree. You finally stood back and admired the hard work and dedication you put into it — at least for about three weeks.   Now that the holidays are over, that perfect, full tree has began to resemble the sparse, sad Charlie Brown tree, hasn't it? It's time …

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Visiting Cranberry Area Tree Farm is a Christmas Tradition

Grupp's Christmas Trees has been supplying families with trees for almost 30 years.

Grupp's Christmas Trees could be the set of a classic holiday movie, with a farmhouse, a barnand thousands of trees, each one waiting to be picked as someone's perfect Tannenbaum. On the ground, fresh snow at least an inch deep shows the footprints of recent visitors. The Grupp family-run tree farm in Harmony was born in 1982 when Jack Grupp planted the first rows of trees. The business expanded year after year to cover 25 acres of an 84-acre farm. In 1991, the family opened a tree stand on the corner of Rowan Road and Route 19, delivering fresh-cut trees to Cranberry. Whether people cut down their own tree or select a fresh cut tree from the stand, it's a rewarding task and a memorable experience — despite the cold. Jack and Nancy Grupp …

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What's Your Favorite "Giving" Tree?

You answer could benefit a non-profit organization this holiday season.

If you've been to the Cranberry Township Municipal Center lately, you surely have noticed the forest of unique Christmas trees taking up residence in the hallways of the building. But these aren't just any old trees. Each one was decorated by a different non-profit organization around Cranberry Township in a fun way that reflects their group. The tree by the Cranberry Public Library is topped with a red and white striped hat made popular by Dr. Seuss in his literary classic, The Cat in the Hat. The tree by Gleaners Food Bank is covered in plastic food ornaments, and a tree by The Humane Society of Butler County has photos of dogs and cats. For a donation of one dollar, residents can vote for their preferred fir. Just inform the township's …

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