The Great Recession is having an unexpected impact on Christmas tree sales nearly a decade later

Astrid Riecken/Getty Images The Great Recession caused a drop in Christmas tree sales, which meant there was less space available to plant trees that would now be reaching maturity. This shortage of Christmas trees is leading to an increase in prices. Christmas tree shortages across the US have already been reported. The Great Recession is to blame for the growing prices of real Christmas trees,CNN reportedTuesday. Christmas trees are usually cut down as they are sold, so when sales plummeted du...