We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Classic)

Planet Money

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4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Nick and Robert head to the world's largest Christmas tree auction with $1,000 and a truck. And get schooled in the tree market. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:06.3	If you have not purchased a Christmas tree yet, well, I'm afraid I don't have great news
0:11.0	for you.
0:12.0	The Christmas tree market, like a lot of supply chains right now, is tight.
0:16.6	Which means that prices on live cut trees are running on average 5-10% higher than last
0:22.3	year.
0:23.3	Which was already a pricey year for Christmas trees.
0:26.4	But in most stories about supply chain shortages, this is the part where we talk about the pandemic
0:31.3	and its sweeping impact.
0:33.6	But what's happening to the Christmas tree market actually has much deeper roots.
0:38.6	Robert Smith and Nick Fountain tell the story in this episode that first aired in December
0:43.1	of 2020.
0:44.5	And stay tuned for an update at the end.
0:48.3	Christmas tree?
0:49.3	Christmas trees.
0:50.3	Eeeeeeeeh Christmas tree, yeah?
0:53.2	Planet Money Christmas tree, the day after Thanksgiving, Nick, you and I participated
0:57.8	in a grand American tradition trying to make a buck offer religious holiday.
1:02.6	You guys need a Christmas tree?
1:04.0	We're good, thanks.
1:05.0	Christmas trees.
1:06.0	Look at that beauty right there.
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