Elizabeth Bass, of Wonder Lake, cuts down a tree with daughters Gillian Bass (far), 8, and Rosie Thompson, 6, watching on at Pioneer Tree Farm, 4614 Pioneer Road, McHenry, Ill. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. Pioneer Tree Farm has been selling cut-your-own Christmas trees since 1973 and has a variety of pines, spruces, cedars, and firs to choose from. Their trees are organically grown and pruned by hand and 10 percent of tree sales is donated to the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County. (Daryl Quitalig/Shaw Media)