Every year, the smell of spruce around New York City announces the arrival of as many as 200,000 Christmas trees.

The seasonal workers who sell trees often live on site in trailers, vans, even plywood shacks.

We talked with one group of Christmas tree sellers at their sidewalk market in Brooklyn.

I want the sun for Christmas.

The sun?

Out of the sky?

Okay.

Will you share, though?

Can you share with the rest of us?

No.

Oh, thank you.

But hey, it's Gregory Walsh.

I'm called Big Greg.

I grew up here in New York, and we sell Christmas trees. We've been doing it

for about 40 years. I always think it's a lot of fun, to be honest. I'm also Santa Claus.

As I was leaving last year, they were saying, he's the real one, not fake one, he's the real Santa.

That's so, so cute. It's a hard business.

It's a very risky business.

You can get bad trees.

You get bad lots.

You can get bad workers.

People are going to be in the spirit to buy Christmas trees.

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