For one morning, the schoolyard fills with rows of fresh-cut trees and the families who ordered them. Neighbours you haven't seen since last summer are there. Kids run between the trees working out which one is theirs. There's the smell of pine, the sound of a many conversations, and somebody's dad wrestling a six-footer onto a station wagon roof. You pre-order your tree weeks in advance, but you collect it one weekend morning alongside everyone else, and that's what turns a simple pick-up into something the whole school looks forward to. Come early, stay for a chat, and take home a tree that's supporting your community twice over.