Thanks, Jim and Matt. And thanks to any and all who voted for this tree.
There's a bit of a story here. My 8-year-old daughter, who's registered here as nmoor1, was with me at Lowe's as I browsed for a tree for this contest. She also -- and independently -- thought this tree was the best candidate we looked at on the sales bench. She already has an artist's eye, if her dad does say so himself..
She wasn't able to help with the styling: she had already left to spend the summer in Washington state with her mom, who's serving as a camp nurse until early August.