What It’s Like to Own a Christmas Tree FarmBOB COSCARELLI There was a definite spark, says Tom Dull of meeting his wife, Kerry, on an International 4-H Youth Exchange program to the Netherlands in 1980. Married two years later, the newlyweds moved to a 25-acre farmstead in Thorntown, Indiana, and, for their first Christmas, Kerry suggested cutting down their own tree. “We loved the tradition so much, we decided to plant our own,” says Tom.