CRAWFORDSVILLE From visits with Santa to picking out the perfect Christmas tree, Christmas is packed full of traditions. Selecting the ideal tree for the holidays is a special memory for Rachel Stine. She wanted to bring that joy to other Hoosier families, so she and her husband Matt went to work and now own and operate Oak Hill Tree Farm in Crawfordsville.

Rachel says getting Matt on board with the project did take a little convincing.

He told me he was allergic. He wasn't. And so we got our first Christmas tree, our first year married, and then brought one home each year as we had kids, Rachel recalled.

In 2018, the Stines bought some farmland in Crawfordsville where they planted eight acres of trees. However, Matt says starting a Christmas tree farm comes with unique challenges.

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