Billions of dollars are spent on christmas trees — real and fake — each year. The data for 2009:
Most of the companies benefiting from this spending are small businesses:
Fake trees appear to be growing in popularity, but the sales of real trees do not appear to be slowing:
The states that benefit most from Christmas tree sales include Oregon, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington, and Wisconsin:
Found at Intuit.
Comments 4
Yrro Simyarin — December 22, 2011
I've always loved being able to drive down to a local farm and cut a tree. And when the trees don't sell, or the owner retire, they usually let the forest keep on growing. My grandparents have ten acres of woods that used to be a christmas tree farm.
gasstationwithoutpumps — December 23, 2011
The analysis does not include live Christmas trees in pots (my preferred solution). Of course, that is probably a tiny fraction of the market, and one tree can last a family 5–10 years before it gets too heavy to move indoors.
JonCarter — December 24, 2011
In my area people buy from the Christmas tree farm a few houses down. They get to bring the kids into the farm, take a nice long walk, and choose their own and cut it down, then drag it out. Price is about $50 and many do it the Saturday of Thanksgiving. They do great business down the road and there are probably 15 people working there on the weekends (mostly family and friends of the farmer - kids too...)
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