Spruces always make me think of my mother. When I was a kid growing up in the US, every year on Thanksgiving day, while the turkey was in the oven, my mother and I would hop in the car and head over Truly Nolen. If you are from the US, you probably know Truly Nolen as pest control, but apparently they also used to see Christmas Trees during the season, and they always opened on Thanksgiving day.
My mother loved blue spruce as a Christmas tree, but since its needles were prickly and we lived in Florida which got no snow, she would get it flocked white... will tiny glitter made of gold stars all over it. It would arrive about a week later, just in time for the start of the Christmas season in December, back when it actually started in December!
Ecologically, it was probably a disaster, but for my mom, and subsequently for me, that tree ever symbolized Christmas. Thank you for reminding me of that moment with your photos.