As many of you head to the Christmas tree lot to pick out that perfect pine, what would you think if one of America’s favorite TV dads, Ward Cleaver, sold it to you?

Yes. That Ward Cleaver, as in June’s husband and Wally and Beaver’s dad.

Sounds likes a fever dream (like Greg Brady taking your order at Starbucks or Gidget soaping up your tires at the car wash). But Ward Cleaver helping you with your Christmas tree actually could have happened.

Hugh Beaumont, who starred as Ward Cleaver in the popular family sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” from 1957 to 1963, was once the proud owner of a Christmas tree farm in Grand Rapids.

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