Christmas trees are now going for $1K in NYC

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[ChicagoConservative27]

Yuletide capitalism is running rampant this year — with the cost of a Christmas tree topping $1,000 in one Manhattan neighborhood.

Longtime Greenwich Village tree seller Heather Neville said Sunday that her tallest — and priciest — offering will command an astonishing $77 per foot from any buyer who can’t haul it home.

“This 13-foot tree — a beautiful fir — is $750, and with delivery, installation with a stand and tip would be $1,000,” said Neville, who bills herself as the NYC Tree Lady.

Neville, 40, broke down the add-ons as $200 for the stand, $25 for delivery and setup and $20 each to the three or four men needed for the job.

She also justified the sky-high price tag — which could pay for 600-plus meals for the homeless at the Bowery Mission — by pointing to the exotic nature of the white fir on display at Seventh Avenue and 11th Street.

[9YearLurker]

For all its bad politics, the free market is still strikingly efficient out on the streets of NYC.

[beelzepug]

When I was a Sea Scout back in the 50s, we sold trees every Christmas to raise money for the annual pull-out for cleaning and painting. They used to go for 25 cents a foot. You wouldn’t believe the crying when we had to raise it to 50 cents a foot.

[jch10]

Unbelievable! But none of you libs move to Florida. I hear Maryland is nice.

[Twinkie]

Free red cedars here in our woods! We always mostly had
live trees that didn’t dry out as fast as cedars. Now we
are Grinches and don’t do trees. - Old Scrooge Twinkie

[lowbridge]

“WBill Jr could care less what it looks like, so long as there’s room underneath for presents.”

Whadja get me? Whadja get me? Whadja get me? :-)

[BradyLS]

I saw a pile of discarded month or so-old trees that were put to the torch. They went up like matchsticks and left hardly any ash! The show was over in 15 minutes.

[Rastus]

$5 in 1956 is about $40 today.