Marietta family business 'rooted' in Christmas tradition
Marietta family business rooted in Christmas tradition
MARIETTA, Ga. - Family trees come in all shapes and sizes. But for the Weatherby family of Marietta, the tree is definitely a big, festive evergreen.
"My earliest memories are actually sitting in the office with my mom,” says Gabby Weatherby. "I would sit there and play computer games and pass out candy canes.”
Weatherby grew up on her family’s famed metro Atlanta Christmas tree lots — a tradition for both her family and many others for several decades.
"My great-grandfather, L.S. Weatherby, started the first Christmas tree lot in 1963,” she says. "He went to Texas and saw the first free-standing Christmas tree lot, and was like, ‘That's a great idea.’ So, he brought it back.”