It’s Time to Buy a Real Tree
If you find yourself reaching for decorations and garlands earlier than usual this year , you are not alone: being stuck in our homes due to the pandemic has prompted many people to start holiday decorations. And if you plan to decorate the hallways with a live spruce / Christmas tree and you don’t have one yet, you can add that to your agenda for the weekend. This is why now is the best time to buy a live tree this season.
What’s happening with the supply of 2020 Christmas trees?
It turned out that there were a lot of rumors about the supply of Christmas trees this year. The main problem is that, among other things, 2020 also caused a shortage of Christmas trees. But fear not, for holidays: Thrillist spoke with Doug Hundley of the National Association of Christmas trees and was a sensation – and it’s not all bad news.
First, people have expressed concern about the many wildfires in the western states this year and how they might affect their ability to get a Christmas tree (this, hopefully, in addition to preventing people from getting killed or injured). But Hundley says that few farms that grow Christmas trees have been affected by the wildfires.
It is also rumored that between 2005 and 2015, farmers began to plant less spruce because they planted too much spruce in the 1990s and early 2000s. Hundley tells Thrillist that these growth patterns are correct, but that doesn’t mean there will be a shortage this year: “The supply of trees is now well balanced with demand and we no longer have a surplus.”
Finally, Hundley confirmed that people were more interested in living Christmas trees this year and started looking for them earlier than usual. So if you usually shop on December 15th, for example, the choice on that day on that day may be more limited than on the same day in previous years.
Get your tree alive now
According to Hundley, 75 to 90% of live Christmas trees are bought two weekends after Thanksgiving – in any typical year without a pandemic. Between that and the fact that people brought these trees to their homes a little earlier, now is the best time to buy a live Christmas tree.