stand

56th and 9th Ave, Manhattan

6 Feet

$90-100

Ack! It's a balsam so thought it was really expensive. The Fraziers were $20/ft so a 6 ft would have set me back $240. I always buy from the same stand, part of the Quebec syndicate that runs many of the stands in Manhattan. (although this year the tree guys are from London - go figure). Prices seemed much higher than the past few years. Price of these trees = growing, trucking from Canada, maintaining stand. Would love to go less expensive but hard in midtown Manhattan. Plus the guys (and sometimes women) are always entertaining - they live in their van the month they're here. They buy the trees wholesale from the main guy who trucks them down from Canada and refreshes the stock every few days; they then keep the proceeds. What the hey - Christmas is only once a year.