Ideal Bite

Scratching your noggin over what to do about this year's tree? Solution: Pick up an organic, farm-raised fir, pine, or spruce at Ben's Tree Farm (about an hour north) - either precut or you can cut one yourself. Sure, plastic, reusable ones keep trees growing, but the fakes are chock-full of PVC (which emits toxins during and after production) and usually aren't recyclable. Ben's will replant three trees for each one it sells (stay tuned for our tip on recycling your tree after the holiday), and while you're there you can sip free cocoa, scour the barn for handmade wreaths and tree bling, or hop on a horse-drawn wagon…while you figure out how to get your tree through the door.