This year’s Christmas trees looking bigger, better and pricier [Video]

ON TODAY. THANK YOU ERIC. NEW MEXICO AND OTHER STATES ARE SEEING THE BEST CHRISTMAS TREES IN YEARS, BUT THEY MAY COST YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. PEYTON SPELLACY IS LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE. TO EXPLAIN WHY. GOOD MORNING PEYTON. GOOD MORNING TODD AND RURAL. YES, SO MANY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREES THAT YOU’LL FIND HERE IN NEW MEXICO ARE ACTUALLY FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THAT’S BECAUSE THE GROWING CONDITIONS OVER THERE ARE MORE RELIABLE. HOWEVER, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS REGION WAS HIT BY A FIRE. NOW, FOUR YEARS LATER, THE CHRISTMAS TREE INDUSTRY IS MAKING A STRONG COMEBACK. YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT YOUR TREE COULD COST MORE IN THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND RISING TRANSPORTATION COSTS, BUT WITH THE REGION’S RECOVERY, PRICES SHOULD BE GOING DOWN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND IF YOU’RE STILL SHOPPING FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE, EXPECT TO SEE BIGGER AND BETTER ONES. …