i think christmas tree vendors should be fined for having unsold trees on the lot on Dec. 26th

[MrCoffee]

i drove past 3 christmas tree lots yesterday and each had at least 20 unsold trees left lying around. i think they should be penalized for chopping down too many trees too late in the season, somewhere on the order of $100/tree.

that would encourage them not to cut trees late in the month.

[Parche]

1. They Need To Branch Out Into Other Business Deals

I think you are Barking up the wrong Tree, maybe you should Needle them into getting rid of them faster..........:hi:

[LiberalEsto]

2. They're for Orthodox Christians

Because they use a different calendar, members of the Russian and Greek Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas much later than we do -- some time in early January. My father's cousin married a Russian, and they always got great bargains on trees, holiday decorations, gifts, etc.long after our celebrations were over.

[crispini]

4. No shit?

Awesome! Maybe I'll make my fam switch over to the Russian Orthodox calendar! :D

[LiberalEsto]

5. Jan. 7 is the day

"Christmas is celebrated by Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe and throughout the world on the 7th of January in the Gregorian Calendar - 13 days after other Christians."

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/easternorthodox_6.shtml

[Deep13]

3. Why?

Understand: they are not wild trees. Cutting too many is not a burden on the environment. They only exist because of Christmas tree farming. If my Dad did not use that land for trees, it would be a shopping mall by now. They have no idea how many people will want a real Christmas tree versus how many will opt for a big, green, plastic toilet brush. Since the alternative is made from petrochemicals and never degrades in a landfill, it is the fake ones that should be discouraged. Also, it is a falsehood that fake trees last forever. Typically, they only last five or ten years, then it is time for a new cone-shaped petroleum gadget.

I really wish folks would be more informed and less judgmental.

[Deja Q]

6. Can't they just re-plant the trees and pray new roots develop?

:crazy:

[pitohui]

8. how to replant xmas trees

i don't know if this would work anywhere else (i imagine not in cold climates) but here is an old new orleans formula for replanting a xmas tree -- 1 part liquid chlorophyll (used to be sold in health food stores), 1 part vodka (cheapest most disgusting brand is fine, trees don't have taste buds), 1 part ether (back then you could get it from a hospital worker without being branded a drug distributor)

you don't wait to plant the tree until it's already brown, go ahead and take it down right after christmas, and put it in the ground, with a good helping of this drink

i myself also experimented using only chlorophyll and vodka, and this worked too -- IF the tree was a small tree -- i wouldn't try getting ether today (might get on a list, might get arrested) so i wouldn't try a large tree

unfortunately all of the trees i know about that were subject to this potion were in gentilly in the 1980s, and so i assume that all were destroyed by hurricane katrina, i haven't tried the recipe in years

obviously WAY too expensive for a professional growing operation, which as others point out, must thin trees anyway -- but it is a fun thing to play with

oh, i just remembered my pecan tree and some of my sago palms were transplanted this way, and they're still around mumble mumble almost 20 years later...but they did have roots to begin with, altho the sago's roots were chopped pretty short by accident

i have also used it for bell peppers to transplant them and i kept some plants going many years, however, the peppers produced each year were smaller and smaller!

[MichiganVote]

7. Christmas tree farms need thinning out. Sorry Father-in law had a tree farm. This was common.