Christmas trees and holiday lights selling out as Americans stick close to home By Kate Gibson Santas around U.S. work to make kids happy
The holiday break is starting sooner than expected for the owners of Papa Noel Christmas Trees in Austin, Texas, a family-run operation that typically runs out of trees just before December 25. This year is different: Papa Noel called the season a wrap this past weekend after it ran out of trees amid unusually strong consumer demand. I ve been retailing Christmas trees in central Texas for 40 years now, and in all that time I ve never ever seen anything close to what it s been this year to be completely sold out as we are down to the last branch, and still have people hoping and waiting, it s heartbreaking for us, owner Jimmy Coan told CBS MoneyWatch.