State officials will head to Washington Township to start the choose-and-cut season.
As the food hangover wears off, thoughts turn from turkey to tannenbaums.
And if you're looking for the perfect Christmas tree, the Evergreen Valley farm in Washington Township is a good place to start.
The tree farm at 77 Jackson Valley Road has the best Christmas tree in New Jersey this year, as determined by the New Jersey Christmas Tree Growers' Association, and will host state officials Monday for the annual symbolic start of the choose-and-cut season.
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher will chop a tree and donate it to the "Christmas Trees for New Jersey Military Families" campaign, a joint program of the agriculture department, the growers association and the New Jersey Agricultural Society, according to a department news release.
Tree-growers from around the state will donate trees to be delivered to New Jersey troops on Wednesday.
Evergreen Valley officially opens for the season on Friday.
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