One of the most important days of the year for a Christmas tree farmer is the day after Thanksgiving.

Opening day. Opening day is big. You know, you prep all year and you open for tree sales,

and the worst thing you can get is a bunch of rain. That's Sheldon Corsi. He's a Christmas tree farmer

and the owner of Corsi tree farm near Cincinnati,

Ohio. At his farm, people can come and pick out their own trees, cut them down, and take them home.

So one day, it's opening day, and it is pouring. And I'm soaking wet, you know, trying to run around,

get last minute stuff done. I got eight or 10 or twelve employees here and about that many customers, you know,

and I should have had hundreds and hundreds of customers.

So I'm standing in the barn and I'm looking out over the field and generally feeling

pretty sorry for myself.

And this lady came up and I don't know who she was.

And she said, are you mr.

Corsi and I said yes I am and she grabbed me and gave me a big hug and she said I just

want to thank you for what you do because it's such a big part of our Christmas and I'll never

forget that because it made me realize that that's a different aspect of this job, that not everybody, very few people get thanked for what they do.

For 11 months a year, I am just another farmer.

But for a month a year, I've got a lot of people that thank me for what I do.

That's what really separates this type agriculture from a lot of other types, is the fact that

you have that one-on-one relationship with your customers. But if they have a bad experience, I've had people

basically accuse me of ruining their Christmas. So, you know, they take it pretty serious.

I'm Dan He, and this is what it's like to be.

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