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Instagram post 17850125620746954 🎄 Have you bought your Christmas tree yet? @gregs.trees has 7 locations (4 in Brooklyn!). Plus, Greenpoint and Park Slope locations double as winter wonderlands full of photo opportunities.
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🌲 What's the best kind of tree to get? Their friendly staff are willing to talk your ear off about tree tips. Like "feed your tree lots of water for the first seven days."
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🎅🏼 Is Santa Claus real? The actual Greg (pictured here in a sleigh at the Greenpoint location) looks remarkably like Santa and is full of the holiday spirit. I'm just saying...
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💚❤️Do you have a favorite spot to buy your tree? #brooklynbased (📸: @meredithcraigdepietro )
Instagram post 18078787276148341 The first big restaurant opening of 2020 will be the revamped @gage.and.tollner. 🎉🥩🍸We took a tour to see their work in progress (including the super cool Sunken Harbor Club on the second floor🧉!) —check out our story ⤴️for a sneak peek and meet the team tonight at @brooklynhistory to learn more about the historic space. | 📷: @brooklyndoublewide #brooklynbased
Instagram post 18067639495174805 ❄️ Want to get hygge this weekend? There is literally nothing cozier than sitting inside an igloo. ❄️ 1. At @leyendabk you can have drinks inside a snow globe. ❄️ 2. While at @thehoxtonhotel you can dine in a glass house with blankets.
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Instagram post 17848566439753684 🌲 ⛺️ Some exciting news for parents with kids climbing the walls. @campstores , a store-slash- experience just opened its newest location in @citypointbklyn . 👉This is two floors equalling 11,000 square feet with a cafe (featuring Ample Hills!), an interactive playspace, shopping and a theatre for activities and programming. I mean, is this cute or what? (📸s: @campstores ) #brooklynbased
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