How To Properly Transport A Tree Home For The Holidays [Video]

When I was about 20, it fell upon me to buy the tree for the family holiday celebrations, and to cut a long story short, I nearly ruined Christmas. With little more than a roof rack, some rope, and a jingle in my heart, I decided to put the tree on top of my Beetle to get it home and, as it turned out, I was too confident in my knot tying abilities. By the time I got home, the tree had turned 90 degrees and the ropes were doing nothing to prevent the tree from flying away.

There but for the grace of Santa went I, but you don’t have to, thanks to Volkswagen, which has published a short video with best practices for hauling a tree home. To start, they recommend using an SUV like the Atlas, instead of a Beetle(though I do wonder if the arching of the roof is what caught my tree, …