Authors #149 Strand with cutting trees and #150 Huddy with saving a tree

The author, Keith Strand, recounts his grandfather's story of cutting down a stand of trees for firewood during a blizzard filled winter season in Colorado but keeping one tree for the future in Grandfather's Christmas Tree, illustrated by Thomas Locker.

Delia Huddy saves a Christmas tree in the book The Christmas Eve Tree illustrated by Emily Sutton.  A homeless boy takes home an unwanted Christmas tree because its branches are crooked and bent.  He spends what little money he has on some decorations for the tree, bringing some happiness to those around him.  The tree finds a new home when the street custodian plants the tree in an abandoned part of the local park.