During the week after Christmas, U.S. Forest Service employees in Ohio gather hundreds of old Christmas trees, lash them to cinder blocks, and then dump them into Lake Vesuvius, the largest body of water in Wayne National Forest. This year, “sinking day,” as it’s called, occurred on December 27, and officials sent more than 300 trees to the watery deep. Why send hundreds of Tannenbaum to a lake bed? Tap the link in our bio 🌲 for the full story. 📷: Ashley Kuflewski / U.S. Forest Service