, we told you about how for the first Christmas since moving to 麻豆传媒映画in 2007, we finally picked up a real tree with our newly acquired . We spoke about how this was the start of a brand new family tradition, and the memories we had created would provide fond thoughts of a happy Christmas, even as the seasons turn and time passes. It seemed the story resonated with others as well, with a few friends sharing their own photos of a pedal-powered Christmas. One of our followers also sent us an from a local high-interest loan company, depicting someone hauling a tree behind a bicycle with the tag line: 鈥淭ime to get the car fixed?鈥� The timing seemed serendipitous following our story of not needing a car to pick up our Christmas tree, and with that in mind, we were inspired to see just how many others had created their own memories of bicycle-themed tree pick-ups. The results were beyond what we expected.
On December 7th, we put the call out 鈥� Modacity was crowdsourcing photos of people picking up their Christmas tree by bicycle for an album on . Within just 24 hours, we already had eight photos. Pretty spectacular considering it was a Sunday, but when we awoke Monday morning, there were a few more photos waiting for us, and then throughout the week more people started sending their own photos. People from around the globe wanted to share their visual stories of the creative way they had hauled their tree from the lot and to their living room. There were photos of , complete with sleepy toddlers nestled against the tree, and with a tree tucked securely in the sidebags, and even ones like that of our neighbour, with a tree securely attached to the back rack of a traditional bicycle. We are amazed at the industrious efforts people have taken to transport their trees, and will admit, there鈥檚 really no good reason we should have waited this long to do it ourselves.
Within just one week, our crowd-sourced album has already exceeded one hundred photos. People are still sending in photos from all over the globe 鈥� our furthest one coming from . All from a simple post about our own family Christmas story; one we hoped would inspire others, but in a funny turn of events, people have instead inspired us. They have helped us feel encouraged this is not some fringe activity, but one done by all manner of people from cities聽all over the world that celebrate Christmas. Perhaps the aforementioned聽loan company should change its tag line from 鈥淭ime to get the car fixed鈥� to 鈥淭ime to get your bike serviced鈥�, because - as it turns out - people can achieve a great聽deal with a simple bicycle and a little inspiration!
Did you pick up your Christmas tree by bicycle this year? If so, share an image with us via聽,听, or聽, and we鈥檒l add it to聽!
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Chris and Melissa Bruntlett are the co-founders of聽, a multi-service consultancy focused on inspiring healthier, happier, simpler forms of urban mobility through words, photography and film. You can find them on Twitter:聽.
