Christmas tree prices skyrocket
The price of Christmas trees is high and supply is low.
Christmas will be more expensive this year, just like Thanksgiving.
VOA News reported:
Across the United States, people looking to buy real Christmas trees are either finding reduced choices, higher prices, or both.
The worldwide supply problem has also affected the number of artificial trees, like those made from plastic.
A combination of severe weather and difficulties getting trees from factories overseas caused what one industry expert called “a double whammy.” This means that the situation is bad in two different ways.
Part of the reason is due to the bad economic conditions during the Obama-Biden administration. The pair’s Big Government policies harmed many people and suppressed wealth, discouraging people from planting Christmas trees twelve years ago. That now has repercussions to the current supply.
An industry insider said “there are not as many trees this year because of the country’s poor economic situation 12 years ago. When farmers took out loans to buy and plant young trees, banks did not offer them as much money. In turn, the farmers could not plant as many trees. There was also disease and bad weather that killed the young trees.”
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