Christmas Tree Shortages Loom for Several States Ahead of Holiday Season

Several states are looking at Christmas tree shortages ahead of this year’s holiday season, according to reports.

Vendors in Sacramento, California, are expected to be affected by supply chain issues in addition to droughts and fires in nearby Oregon where many vendors in the Sacramento area get their trees, according to CBS Sacramento.

Chad Ericson owns Chad’s Christmas Trees in the Sacramento area and says the droughts and fires are a significant factor in this year’s shortage of trees.

“The reason for the shortage, of course, is for the drought, fires. The weather, this year as terrible,” Ericson told CBS Sacramento. “A lot of the bigger buyers, Home Depot or Lowe’s, we don’t expect them to have as many trees.”

Ericson expects five or six truckloads, carrying 500 trees a pop, to be delivered to his lot, and he says some of the trees may be burned, according to CBS Sacramento. – READ MORE