We had used a Fake tree for years that I bought at JB Hunter years ago . About 5 years ago , I had a woman contact me about getting rid of sme woodchucks that had burrowed onder trees on their Christmas Tree Farm . They were worried that when folks went out to cut their trees that the ground might give way and someone would get hurt . I shot 5 varmints for them and didn't see any more after going back a few times .
She asked me how much I charged for getting rid of the chucks and I said Nothing that I didn't charge for doing that . She told me to come back when I was ready to get a christmas tree and they would give me one . My wife won't let me put the JB Hunter tree up any more . The real trees run $6 per foot .
Some of the trees at the box stores are cut in September and if you stomp the base on the ground , the needles will fall out because they don't keep them watered . So , buyer beware !