You might have to dig a little deeper to find that real, natural Christmas tree this year. There's a reported nationwide tree shortage resulting from farmers planting fewer trees when demand plummeted in 2008.
"In 2007, we were at the beginning of our recession and tree sales were down, prices were down, farmers didn't have the space in their fields to replant because they weren't harvesting as many," said National Christmas Tree Association spokesman Doug Hundley.
"There was a slowdown in planting 10 years ago, and that's what's leading to this: it's not the fires, it's not the weather, it's just the planting rhythm of this crop is very long and we can't grow them fast."
North Carolina and Oregon are the nation's largest Christmas tree exporters and officials there say Fraser Fir trees are limited this year.
Growers are planting more trees these days, but still, it takes around 10 years for trees to reach full height.
So, with this shortage, what else may we expect? Higher prices for the real thing. Officials say some tree's sale prices will go up as much as 10 percent this year.