Maybe your family Christmas tradition includes driving to the parking lot in front of a department store that is closed, or was replaced by a second-hand store. Sometime, days before your arrival, a truck pulled up and dropped off a beat-up-old camper. Then some workers setup posts around the camper and strung orange twine through loops in the posts. Finally, …

This is the third year in a row that the Mahoney’s of Wonder Lake have come out to Cal & Shan’s Christmas Tree Farm, 14216 Thayer Road, Woodstock, for their Cut-Your-Own Christmas tree. As with others who come to Cal & Shan’s for their Christmas tree, the Mahoneys said the trees are great and the experience is priceless. “It’s a …

Come out to Cal & Shan’s Christmas Tree Farm at 14216 Thayer Road, Woodstock, Saturday and you can cut your own Christmas tree. More than that, you might win a trip to the ‘North Pole’ or a spot on the Hallmark Channel. “The Hallmark Channel called us and asked if we would like to participate in their program,” said Melissa …

Throughout most of the year, Cal & Shan’s provides landscaping services or snow removal services. This time of year, however, they join the holiday revelry by providing a traditional cut-your-own Christmas tree tradition. They kicked off that service Sunday in the Woodstock Christmas Parade. “This was the first year we were in the parade,” said Melissa Manke, whose husband, Todd …