Who Are The Folks At The Christmas Tree Lot?

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

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4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Pop-up tree lots sprout up on every Chicago corner during the holiday season, only to disappear. Who are the people who make these happen and what's the business like? As one operator says, "It’s fast, it’s furious and it’s over in about three and a half weeks."

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1:24.8	And if you're like me, you may be super busy these days, trying to tackle presents, greeting cards, holiday lights, making organic fruitcake and canning the Christmas sourcrow.
1:29.1	Oh yeah, and the tree. That's what our latest questions about.
1:35.0	See, Jessica Tancy was running errands on Thanksgiving weekend when she saw a bunch of different little Christmas tree pop-up shops, I guess you would call them, and just kind of got to wondering,
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