# How much do Christmas trees cost in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488 "2010-12-17T07:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/21 "2010-12-17T19:15:41Z")
Our main tree, a 10 foot redwood from a sustainable cut-your-own, was $48. The kids tree, a 5 foot noble fir, from a tree stand was $32. ETA: Northern CA. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/22 "2010-12-17T21:23:50Z")
I checked a tree stand in Brooklyn near my place and it is $10 a foot. So $80 instead of $200. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/23 "2010-12-17T21:32:24Z")
We paid $40 for a 7’ noble fir. That same tree back in Anchorage was about $110. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/24 "2010-12-17T23:24:01Z")
A six footer at our local Dutch version of a Home depot in a suburb: 20 euro’s, about 25 USD. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/25 "2010-12-17T23:34:18Z")
A seven foot Fraser Fir runs about $45.00. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/26 "2010-12-17T23:34:35Z")
Well, we just went out to buy a tree last Saturday. The local Kroger (supermarket) had been selling them for $20.00, but were sold out. That was OK with me, as they’d been selling them since before Thanksgiving (!!) so there was no telling how fresh they were. Then we went to a fruit and vegetable stand that I knew had live trees, but the rinky-dink ones started at $40.00, the nice ones were as much as $80.00. We finally ended up at Home Depot, where we got a pretty nice 7’ spruce for $25.00. Frankly, I wouldn’t pay $80.00 for a tree we’re going to throw out in three weeks. I’d add another $40.00 to it and buy a _good_ fake we could use for years. I don’t mind paying $25.00 for the real deal, though, since I _love_ the way it makes the apartment smell! ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/27 "2010-12-17T23:42:18Z")
Our Douglas Fir from Home Depot cost $25 for a 7 footer. Tucson, AZ ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/28 "2010-12-18T02:46:40Z")
My second year in a row without a tree! My second year in a row not being home at Christmas :). Here in the Mexico City area, the grocery store had cheap-looking pine trees (unknown varietal, definitely pine, though) for MX$500, about $42. For a crappy pine, that seems expensive, but then again, my neighborhood is expensive. At Sam’s Club near work (much different neighborhood), they had some gorgeous blue spruce for MX$400, about $34. I’ve never, ever, ever seen blue spruce that cheap anywhere in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/29 "2010-12-18T03:55:33Z")
Ohioan here. There’s a Christmas tree farm about 5 miles from us. You have to cut it yourself. Price is about $40 for a nice tree. We do it every year. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/30 "2010-12-18T06:27:14Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Personally I have fake tree, and now, I love it more than ever. > . Me too. We’ve had the same tree for about 25 years. Ms Hook picked it up right after Christmas way back then for roughly a quarter of the pre Christmas price. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488/31 "2010-12-18T21:22:55Z")
The grocery store’s getting desperate to clear inventory. Six-foot trees are now ten bucks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-christmas-trees-cost-in-your-area/564488.md?page=1)