This year’s hot holiday item in Maine? Christmas trees

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 27, 2021

Christmas tree farmers are advising people who want to trim a tree this year to shop early. Demand is high, especially as people who have recently moved to Maine celebrate their first holidays in the state. And supply is low, in part because many growers planted fewer trees during the Great Recession over a decade ago, when demand was low. Many farms sold out days or even weeks before Christmas last year, and they are predicting the same phenomenon this year.