shopping experience and causing aggravation. how about christmas trees? i understand that they re a lot more expensive this year. why is that? so if you haven t bought your christmas tree already, expect to pay more this year. wholesale prices up between 5% and 15%.tree growers are paying more for labor and transportation to deliver the trees, and we re talking about real christmas trees here. luckily, there are a few ways that shoppers can save. big box stores like walmart often offer discounts on christmas trees. they use them as loss lead eerso get shoppers in the store. and the larger tree also be a little more expensive, so consider switching to a smaller tree or an artificial tree. the retailers bought the artificial trees about a year