Christmas Trees

Tis the season to be jolly, unless of course you happen to be a Christmas tree grower.  One doesn’t typically think of the Christmas tree business as cut throat, but the over abundance of trees this year due to over planting nearly a decade ago, plus the national recession that has most buyers leaning towards smaller, less expensive trees has prompted growers to drop their prices creating a veritable price war on Christmas trees. So, while the bad news is that the Christmas tree market is saturated this year driving prices down, the good news might very well be that more families will probably be staying closer to home for the holidays, in turn increasing the number of trees sold.  Growers learned their lesson though and have significantly cut back on tree planting over the last few years ensuring that if they can just hang on for the next couple of years the Christmas tree market will once again be in the “green”. Until then, Christmas tree growers will have to do their very best not to face this “happiest of seasons” with a “bah, humbug” attitude.