Beavers Christmas Tree Farm expects to meet sales numbers despite cold start to holiday season.

TRAINING. WELL, SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREES UP. I DO. IT’S BEEN UP SINCE OCTOBER. WHAT? YES IT HAS. I’M SORRY, I’M SORRY. WOW. HAD TO SAY IT, BUT FOR OTHERS, THANKSGIVING MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. WVTM THIRTEEN’S AARON LLEWELLYN VISITED BEAVERS CHRISTMAS TREE FARM IN TRAFFORD TO TALK TO THE OWNER ABOUT BRINGING IN THE HOLIDAY LOOT ON PAUL BEAVER’S LAND. THERE’S NOTHING BUT CHRISTMAS TREES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. HOW MANY TREES WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE PLANTED OUT HERE NOW? OH, I’D SAY SOMEWHERE. AROUND 18,000 I GOT. I GOT ALMOST 30 ACRES IN TREES. THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF BEAVERS CHRISTMAS TREE FARM HAS BEEN SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. IT’S FOR A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS. YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE TO COME OUT AND CUT THEIR OWN TREE. ESPECIALLY THE BOYS. IT’S MOSTLY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN THAT COME OUT. BEAVER SAYS HE CHARGES ABOUT $10 PER FOOT ON A CHRISTMAS TREE. HE SAYS THAT HE HOPES TO KEEP THIS TRADITION AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES. IT’S THE SAME AS IF BEING ABOUT THE LAST THREE YEARS. HE TELLS ME HE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS WHEN HE FIRST RAISED HIS PRICES. EVERYTHING IS GOING UP NOWADAYS. I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT IT COSTS ME TO BUY THINGS. YOU KNOW, CHEMICALS, INSECTICIDES, FERTILIZER. BEAVERS. GARROS. EVY PONT HIMSELF. AND THAT HELPS HIM KEEP HIS PRICES LOW. MOST OF THE ONES THAT YOU BRING FROM OUT OF STATE IS ALREADY BEEN CUT. 3 OR 4 WEEKS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE ORDERING A COUPLE OF THOUSAND TREES, THEY JUST CAN’T CUT THEM THE DAY BEFORE THEY DELIVER THEM. BUT HE KNOWS OTHER TREE FARMERS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS LUCKY THIS YEAR WITH HURRICANE MILTON WIPING OUT A LOT OF FIR TREES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. THEY’VE HAD THEIR ORDERS CANCELED, WHICH YOU’RE RIGHT, YOU’RE RIGHT. THAT’S PROBABLY FROM THE FROM THE STORM. BUT HERE IN ALABAMA. BEAVERS EXPECTS TO SELL 500 TO 600 MORE TREES THAN HE DID LAST YEAR. WE SOLD 280 SOME TREES SATURDAY, BUT 180 SUNDAYS. SO. SO THIS WEEKEND, EVEN THOUGH IT’S COLD, WE’LL STILL HAVE A GOOD CROWD I