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>>VIC MICOLUCCI: CHRISTMAS
TREE. ONE O ONE RIGHT NOW IS
THE TIME TO PICK UP YOUR TREE
BECAUSE SOME ARE TREMENDOUSLY
HARD TO FIND HAS. SO MELANIE
IS JOINING US NOW FROM SEAVER
ITS CHRISTMAS TREE FARMER.
SHE’S BEEN THIS MORNING IN L A
CERTAIN KIND OF TREE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: IS ACTUALLY
SELLING FASTER THAN OTHERS?
>> YOU KNOW, GUYS, THAT WE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT SHORTAGES
RIGHT NOW. AND I WOULD HAVE TO
SAY, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO
FOLKS AND GOING AROUND, THERE
ARE A LOT OF TREES TO PICK
FROM. BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING
FOR THE BIG ONES, THOUGH, SOME
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER
TO FIND. I’M HERE AT SEA
BIRDS, AS YOU MENTIONED ON SAN
JOSE. I WANT TO BRING IN ALEX
GRAY HAS BEEN WORKING HERE FOR
A VERY LONG TIME. YOU KNOW,
YOU SAID THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE
PEOPLE WHO CALL YOU TO RESERVE
TREES, EVEN 14 TO 16 FEET
TALL. YEAH, WE HAVE PEOPLE
THAT.
>> LOVE THE TREES. THAT’S WHAT
THEY WANT AND THEY WANT TO BE
HERE. FIRST TO PICK THEIR
TREE. AND IF THEY CAN’T COME
2, MAYBE 3, 4, DAYS, THEY’LL
SAY PICK ME OUT A CERTAIN HIGH
RATE AND PUT MY NAME ON IT.
THAT A SELDOM SON AND I DID
THAT A COUPLE TIMES THIS YEAR
AND THEY TOOK THE TREE
DISLIKED.
>>LENA PRINGLE: SO THAT’S
DEFINITELY THE IP SERVICE FOR
SURE. RIGHT NOW. YOU SAID YOU
GUYS DID START A NEW SYSTEM SO
THAT YOU CAN KNOW WHAT’S
LEAVING THE LOT. SO THEN YOU
GET THE TRUCKS THAT ROWLAND
WITH MORE TREES, RIGHT? WE
HAVE A NEW SYSTEM CALLED THE
SQUARE.
>> IT’S REALLY, REALLY NICE.
THEY KNOW THE TREES. THEY KNOW
HOW MANY TREES THEY KNOW HOW
MANY NIGHT WAS. SO AND THEY
KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE NEXT
LOADS COMING, RIGHT? THAT
MAKES IT EASY. SO THAT RIGHT
NOW, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
BEEN HERE AND THEY DON’T HAVE
ANY OF THAT REALLY HUGE TREES.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
ONE ON THE LOT HERE.
>> BUT IF YOU DO GET THE BIG
ONES, THEY CAN RUN YOU UPWARDS
OF $300. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT
TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CASTRO
WHO’S BEEN WORKING HERE SINCE
HE WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY, 12
YEARS YOU’RE GOING TO WALK US
THROUGH WHAT MUST HAPPEN IF
YOU ARE BUYING A FRESH TREE,
AT LEAST IN YOUR OPINION?
WELL, MOST OF THEM.
>> WHEN A CUSTOMER COMES HERE,
WE WILL COST AN TO FIND THAT.
SO WHEN THEY COME WHEN WE
SHAKE THE TREE FOR THEM AND
WHICH I WHY ARE YOU SHAKING?
WELL, CUSTOMERS LOVE WHEN WE
SHAKE IT THE DEAD NEAR THOSE
COME OFF OF IT AND MAKING
CUSTOMERS HAPPY. WANT TO BRING
IN THE HOUSE AND THEN MAKE
SURE THERE’S NO CRITTERS AND
THEY’RE EITHER OKAY. THE NEXT
NUMBER ONE THING TO CASH IS
GOING TO TAKE IT ON OVER HERE
AND YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A
FRESH CUT.
>> THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT NOT CASTRO. IT
CAN’T REALLY DRINK, RIGHT?
OUT. SO WHEN WE CUT THE TREE,
WE’VE GOT A CUT.
>> SOME OF THE BRANCHES ALSO
WHEN IT FITS IN THAT SPAN. SO
WE NEED AT LEAST 6 TO 6 INCHES
OFF THE TREE.
>> ALL RIGHT. GIVE ME TO TELL
ME WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
ROLE. OKAY. AND I GIVE A
WATER. LET’S SEE IT.
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♪ ♪ >> SO IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT.
ALSO, WHEN YOU TO PICK UP YOUR
TREE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND
OF STAND THAT YOU HAVE AT
HOME? YOU KNOW, THIS ONE THAT
ACTUALLY REQUIRES OF THE
DRILL, A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM
ARE ONE THAT WILL ADJUST BASED
ON THE SIZE OF THAT TRUMP. ALL
RIGHT. SO CASHMAN KNOWS WHAT
HE’S DOING. HE’S BEEN DOING
THIS A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW,
KEEP IN MIND, THERE ARE NUMBER
OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN BUY
TREES IF YOU CHOOSE SIEVERT
OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE HOME
DEPOTS ACE HARDWARE, YOU KNOW,
DEFINITELY DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
BUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO PUT THE
MONEY INTO IT, MAKE SURE YOU
MAINTAIN IT. WE’RE LIVE HERE
ON SAN JOSE. MELANIE LAWSON.
BACK TO YOU IN THE SUCH GREAT
ADVICE. I ALWAYS BRING MY
TREE. STAND WITH ME. MY
HUSBAND. I DO JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE ROD ACTUALLY
FITS INTO IT. SURE IF IT’S
NEVER KNOW. YEAH.
>> CHILD A REAL QUICK. YEAH.
YOU GOT I WAS JUST GOING TO
SAY ONE YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD A
TREE. THOSE A LITTLE CROOK IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN
MIND BECAUSE IT’S A GREAT IDEA
TO BRING YOUR TREE STAND
BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW
IT’S GOING TO SAY BECAUSE IT’S
REALLY HARD TO CHANGE IT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YOU KNOW, WHEN