Price Factors in On When to Buy Your Christmas Tree
Do you put a lot of thought into when to buy your Christmas tree? Many people don’t – they automatically get a tree over the Thanksgiving weekend. But does that maximize your leafy green tree dollar? Read on.
When to Buy Your Christmas Tree Based on Price
Unlike picking up gifts on Black Friday, Thanksgiving weekend is not the best time for find a deal. At least for a Christmas tree! Credit card processor Square analyzed data from thousands of Christmas tree sellers. That research showed Black Friday’s average tree price was $112. Waiting even one day, until Saturday, sees the price drop to $105.
But if you can wait even longer, until the week before Christmas, you’ll really cash in, according to Square’s analysis. By then, sellers have unloaded 90 percent of their trees. The average price for the trees that are left is $85
So, the cheapest time to buy a Christmas tree is right before Christmas. But the best time is when it will make you and yours the happiest.
Should You Buy a Real Tree?
There’s a number of people hesitant to buy a real Christmas tree. They worry about damage to the environment from killing off trees.
But according to the Nature Conservancy, real trees are better for the environment than artificial ones. Producing and shipping plastic trees is much more intensive in creating carbon emissions. But more importantly, buying a real Christmas tree encourages the continued planting of forests.
Evidence shows that managed forests can remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as unmanaged ones. More than half of U.S. forests are privately owned. Buying sustainable forest products supports local communities and gives landowners the profits they need to keep their land forested, the Conservancy says.
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