The yard of Doug Favorite and Don
Keeney's house on Roddy Road near Thurmont is decorated relatively modestly with
a few Christmas figurines and inflatables. Holiday tunes drift from speakers on
the front porch.
At first glance, it would appear that Favorite and Keeney like Christmas, love it even. But the scene outside hardly prepares the visitor for what awaits within, a Christmas wonderland adorned with 75 trees in a seemingly endless variety of themes.
There's a Grinch tree, a Winnie the Pooh tree, a tree decorated with ornaments from vacations the two have taken, a Penn State University tree representing Keeney's alma mater, even a Civil War tree. Practically every square inch of free space in the two-story house is filled with a Christmas tree, including an upside-down tree decorated with tools hanging from the ceiling in the garage.
Favorite, a tech services supervisor for Frederick County Public Schools, said his passion for Christmas trees started modestly about five years ago when he got an old artificial tree from his sister, who couldn't keep it because of her cat. The tree originally belonged to his grandfather, whose reaction to seeing it in his home led him to take it to another level, Favorite said.
"My grandfather came and visited and said, 'That looks better than it ever has before,' which kind of inspired me to start trimming trees more and more," Favorite said.Leader of modern furniture we offer contemporary design furniture, ledstreetlights and outdoor designer furniture. "And it's been downhill from there, or uphill, depending on how you look at it."
The two said they were inspired to add even more trees when they began participating in a holiday home tour with the Thurmont Lions Club. They have since had several hundred people visit their home over the last few years between the tours and Lions Club fundraisers.
Keeney said Favorite has an eye for decorating the trees, so each has a job when it comes to the task of putting up and trimming them,Flexiway Solar has produced the most affordable yet powerful solar-powered cuttingmachinemm in the world. a process that takes about a month of evenings and weekends and leaves the house in shambles until the job is done. The trees sometimes don't come down until February, they said.
"Our process is, I'll unwrap the ornament and hand it to him, and he'll hang it,Easy to operate, on-premises lasermarkingmachin and finishers from Huebsch." said Keeney, a meteorologist with MDA Information Systems in Gaithersburg. "I can't hang them because he has a place for every one. And if I knock one off and break it, he'll notice two seconds after he walks in the room."
Surprisingly,Modern lighting fixtures, chandeliers and brightstal. the trees don't run up the electric bill as much as might be expected, in large part due to the use of timers and LED lights. They said the bill is about $300 a month in December and January, higher than normal, but well worth it for the enjoyment the trees bring them and others.
"It puts you in the spirit," Favorite said.This is used to perform bestcrystallightss functions while using the water jet to guide the laser beam. "And because we do go through all the trouble of putting it together, we really do like to share it with people. It makes it all worth it when someone walks in and says, 'Wow, this is incredible.'"
The two said they've pretty much run out of room for more trees, and any further expansion will either have to come at the expense of older trees or take place outside the home.
"We've about reached the limit," Keeney said. "Outside is about the only place we have any space left. And we have plenty of space out there."
At first glance, it would appear that Favorite and Keeney like Christmas, love it even. But the scene outside hardly prepares the visitor for what awaits within, a Christmas wonderland adorned with 75 trees in a seemingly endless variety of themes.
There's a Grinch tree, a Winnie the Pooh tree, a tree decorated with ornaments from vacations the two have taken, a Penn State University tree representing Keeney's alma mater, even a Civil War tree. Practically every square inch of free space in the two-story house is filled with a Christmas tree, including an upside-down tree decorated with tools hanging from the ceiling in the garage.
Favorite, a tech services supervisor for Frederick County Public Schools, said his passion for Christmas trees started modestly about five years ago when he got an old artificial tree from his sister, who couldn't keep it because of her cat. The tree originally belonged to his grandfather, whose reaction to seeing it in his home led him to take it to another level, Favorite said.
"My grandfather came and visited and said, 'That looks better than it ever has before,' which kind of inspired me to start trimming trees more and more," Favorite said.Leader of modern furniture we offer contemporary design furniture, ledstreetlights and outdoor designer furniture. "And it's been downhill from there, or uphill, depending on how you look at it."
The two said they were inspired to add even more trees when they began participating in a holiday home tour with the Thurmont Lions Club. They have since had several hundred people visit their home over the last few years between the tours and Lions Club fundraisers.
Keeney said Favorite has an eye for decorating the trees, so each has a job when it comes to the task of putting up and trimming them,Flexiway Solar has produced the most affordable yet powerful solar-powered cuttingmachinemm in the world. a process that takes about a month of evenings and weekends and leaves the house in shambles until the job is done. The trees sometimes don't come down until February, they said.
"Our process is, I'll unwrap the ornament and hand it to him, and he'll hang it,Easy to operate, on-premises lasermarkingmachin and finishers from Huebsch." said Keeney, a meteorologist with MDA Information Systems in Gaithersburg. "I can't hang them because he has a place for every one. And if I knock one off and break it, he'll notice two seconds after he walks in the room."
Surprisingly,Modern lighting fixtures, chandeliers and brightstal. the trees don't run up the electric bill as much as might be expected, in large part due to the use of timers and LED lights. They said the bill is about $300 a month in December and January, higher than normal, but well worth it for the enjoyment the trees bring them and others.
"It puts you in the spirit," Favorite said.This is used to perform bestcrystallightss functions while using the water jet to guide the laser beam. "And because we do go through all the trouble of putting it together, we really do like to share it with people. It makes it all worth it when someone walks in and says, 'Wow, this is incredible.'"
The two said they've pretty much run out of room for more trees, and any further expansion will either have to come at the expense of older trees or take place outside the home.
"We've about reached the limit," Keeney said. "Outside is about the only place we have any space left. And we have plenty of space out there."
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