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Someone posted on nextdoor that they got an 8 foot tree for $69 at Whole Foods West Cary - looked like a nice tree too.
I haven't had a real Christmas tree since I was a young child. Artificial trees don't smell like real trees but they're much easier and don't require any extra care of watering them. I stay off Nextdoor now because it turned into mostly just people complaining about dog poop and speeders.
I’m down in Southport now but figure I’d respond about prices here. We bought our live tree today at an annual Christmas tree lot. All the trees are Fraser Firs and are brought here from tree farms in western NC. Our tree stands about 6 ft high and has a lovely full shape. Price $92.
I haven't had a real Christmas tree since I was a young child. Artificial trees don't smell like real trees but they're much easier and don't require any extra care of watering them. I stay off Nextdoor now because it turned into mostly just people complaining about dog poop and speeders.
This will be the first year in 20 years that I will not have a real tree. My dad passed away in 2002 and I didn't feel like celebrating a ton, so I got a 4 ft artificial tree. My family always had real trees growing up.
I moved to Raleigh in 2020. I think I paid $60 for a 7-8 ft and I was shocked. I have never paid over $30 for the same tree in Northeast PA. Last year, I believe it was $70 and I thought, sigh, okay, I do love a real tree. That was really pushing it.
I went to Lowe's Friday to see what prices were. This is where I have been getting them.. $80 for the 7-8 foot or a "bargain" $65 for a 5-6 foot. No way! Not paying $80.
I did buy a 7.5 foot artificial tree last year because I thought about using that instead before buying the real tree. Glad I didn't take it back.
I might get a real wreath to have the smell and I will use pine candles. This year is too much. Got to love inflation.
I just found this article that had some good information (with pre-pandemic numbers). It confirms some of the information already mentioned in this thread: overplanting in the 90s caused low prices in 2000s putting many farms out of business, great recession caused fewer trees to be planted which has increased costs today. At a wholesale cost of $35/tree (6-7' tree), the farmers were making $8-10.
Thanks for posting the article. Looks like I was in the right ballpark, if trees are going for $35 wholesale and being marked up 100%, $70 is the floor for farmers making an $8-10 margin per tree (cost being $25-27/tree).
We did our normal ritual of cutting down a tree in Ohio at the farm of a high school friend. They had a flat price of $75 for cut your own (up to 12'), and then $10-$60 for precut trees (3'-12'). They don't do any wholesale sales. I will say the tree we cut down was way fatter than the ones I see on local lots, one of the advantages of cutting your own. Sadly, trucking the tree back to NC from Ohio dropped the mileage on my wife's Prius from 40 to 25 mpg, so we paid an additional $26 bucks in gas. No bargains!!
In true fashion, my husband managed to find the most expensive tree on the lot "but it's perfect!"--we paid $125 for an 8 ftish. That being said, there were others on the lot that looked to be roughly the same size that were $80ish. So I don't understanding Christmas tree pricing, except that my husband will find the most expensive one.
In true fashion, my husband managed to find the most expensive tree on the lot "but it's perfect!"--we paid $125 for an 8 ftish. That being said, there were others on the lot that looked to be roughly the same size that were $80ish. So I don't understanding Christmas tree pricing, except that my husband will find the most expensive one.
If the price tags were removed, which one would he choose? Some people just have to have the most expensive "whatever" since they deem it the best.
Honestly I remember my mom paying around $50 for a tree when I was in HS which is a LONG time ago so I don't think today's prices are THAT outlandish.
According to data from MarketWatch, the average price for a Christmas tree has more than doubled over the last decade, going from $36.50 in 2008 to $78 last year.
...article is from 2019
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