A Charley Brown Christmas?

[dreamshark]

Richard and Thorin set out on Tuesday to buy a tree and came back with this sad sparse excuse for a balsam fir. Even though it was almost two weeks until Christmas, all the good trees were gone already. Richard had been planning to get a smaller tree this year, since all our visits and activities are cancelled, but was hoping for something better than this. 

Actually, it's more of a Nosferatu tree. Not short and scrawny and sad, but tall and gangly and sad with spooky long fingers.

Comments

[quadong]

Indeed. Where'd you get that scrawny tree?

[dreamshark]

Apparently there's a Christmas tree shortage for some reason. You would think that with so many holiday festivities cancelled the market would be swimming in excess trees, but no.

[quadong]

Sounds like the bigger effect is that a lot of people normally travel and don't bother to get themselves a tree if they won't be home for Christmas, but this year they're home.

We have been getting our tree right after Thanksgiving for some years now, 'cause, I dunno, it doesn't cause any trouble and we like having one. Apparently that was a good call, although I don't know specifically about local shortages. The lot was full when we got ours two weeks ago.

[davidwilford]

Thanks 2020.

[davidwilford]

On a less snarky note, there has been a big demand for Xmas trees this year according to the NY Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/16/business/quebec-christmas-tree-farm.html

[mizzlaurajean]

I like it. It has its own charm. And it looks good in the later post all dressed up.