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dot com and secure your seats today it's tuesday novemberg 29th. I'm Jackson Bird. Today, drought and inflation are making it a tough year for Christmas trees. Plus, Japan has had to abandon what would have been their first ever lunar landing. But a private Japanese company launching a lander tomorrow might still

fulfill that milestone for the nation. And a roundup of the weirdest movies coming out next year,

including the true story of Cocaine Bear. Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

If you're looking to buy a real Christmas tree this year, you'll want to head out early

if you want a shot at actually securing one, and you should expect to pay more than usual.

All across the U.S., tree farms have experienced record losses due to extreme drought.

Prairie Pines Christmas Tree Farm in Kansas lost about 75% of the trees that they tried to start

growing this year. Katie Farm in Northeast Texas lost a thousand trees they would have been ready to sell or close to it this year.

Another Texas farm made the difficult decision to not sell trees at all in an attempt to give

the trees time to bounce back instead of cutting down lackluster trees that people wouldn't want to

buy. And even in the Northeast, drought has affected Christmas tree supply.

Citing one of the worst droughts in Massachusetts state history, NBC News Boston, spoke to one

farmer who said he lost 95% of the trees he planted this spring. And as for trees that were

ready to sell, the farmer Richard Luke's says hundreds of them have ended up in the discard pile.

Depending on the species of tree, it can take anywhere from 5 to 12 years to reach the size most people want to buy it at.

So while drought has killed a lot of the trees that were ready this year, squeezing the supply all across the country,

those huge losses in seedlings will continue to affect Christmas tree supply for years to come.

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