Christmas trees are just one part of the allure that a Vermont family brings to NYC each December
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The Romp family of Vermont has been selling Christmas trees and spreading Christmas spirit in New York City every year since 1988, winning over local neighbors along the way.
They transform a concrete Manhattan street corner into a scene right out of a made-for-TV Christmas movie — complete with traditional music, neighborly joy and, yes, plenty of aromatic evergreens. "Billy Romp IS the spirit of Christmas." — Greenwich Village songwriter Carol McCann "We're not good businessmen. Our mission is to make smiles and make people happy." — Billy Romp of Vermont "If I can get people talking and laughing, if I can get them in a good mood, they'll buy my tree." — Billy Romp Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"He is the spirit of Christmas," neighbor and "annual friend" Carol McCann told Fox News Digital on Tuesday night as the Romps played carols and old-time fiddle music on Jane Street.