Xmas trees barely there

O, Christmas tree? No Christmas tree. Americans might find it hard to find a tree to decorate this holiday season and should expect to pay up to 30 percent more if they do — as supply-chain woes and extreme weather impact the supply of both real and artificial trees, industry officials have warned.

“It’s a double whammy — weather and supply-chain problems,” said Jami Warner, executive director of the American Christmas Tree Association. “Growers have been hard hit by floods, fires, smoke, drought, extreme weather conditions.”

Wildfires decimated tree farms in two of the nation’s largest growers, Oregon and Washington, Warner said.