Oh, Christmas Tree Controversy
The South Idaho Press Friday 23rd December, 2011
Logan Lloyd, of Lloyd Family Christmas Trees, loads trees onto a truck on Wednesday in Twin Falls. They are consolidating their trees to the lot in the K-Mart parking lot.(ASHLEY SMITH o TIMES-NEWS)
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