THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. BUT ALL THOSE DAYS STAYING DRY .
SO YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME OUT
EARLIER TO BRUCE WAGNER FARMS
HERE AND I WAS TALKING WITH
BRUCE AND I.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA BE HONEST
WITH YOU WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE
DOING THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE
DOING BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN
MY TREE YET.
I'M STARTING TO GET NERVOUS
BECAUSE I'M WATCHING ALL THE
TREES HEAD.
ANYWAY, TALK TO BRUCE A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HOW TO
PICK THE PERFECT TREE.
THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS PAST THAT
WE MY WIFE AND I'VE ENDED UP
GETTING A TREE THAT DIED TOO
EARLY OR YOU DO THE BUG THING.
SO I ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, HOW
DO YOU PIC THE TREE?
BUT ALSO THIS YEAR SO DIFFERENT
IN THE WAY THEY'RE HANDLING
THINGS WITH MASKING COVE.
I KIND OF ASKED THOSE
TWO QUESTIONS AND HERE WERE HIS
ANSWERS.
>> WELL, RECOMMEND PEOPLE LOOK
FOR OBVIOUSLY THE COLOR BUT
HE'S GOT A NICE THOUGHT GREEN
COLOR.
YOU KNOW IT'S A FRESH TREE
BECAUSE IT'S GOTTEN ANY START
DISCOLORATION OR IF THE
BRANCHES START DROPING THEN YOU
KNOW HE'S GETTING DRAW THE
EASIEST WAY TO FIGURE IT'S
FRESH IS IF YOU GRAB A BRANCH
AND IT POPS UP LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW IT'S RED IF YOU LOOK
AT THE BOOKS WILL WE CALL IF
THEY'RE WHITE OR FRESH IF THEY
GOT THEY START GETTING DARK I
MEAN TO BE CUT OF ALL TIME IN
LAYMAN'S TERMS IF YOU TRY TO
WASH YOUR HANDS WITH COLD WATER
YOU AARF IS NOT COMING OFF.
BUT IF YOU USE HOT WATER OR
WARM WATER YOU START
DISSOLVING.
SO WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE SAND
AND YOU PUT THE WARM WATER IN
THERE KEEPS THAT SAP SCIVEN UP
AT THE BOTTOM, IT JUST KEEPS IT
CLEAN.
YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE EVERY
TIME.
YES.
TIME. YES. VAUGHAN TO HOT EVERY SINGLE
TIME.
>> EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO.
YEP ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S NO ADDITIVE TO PUT IN
THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING.
I MEAN IF THERE WAS TO BE
SOMETHING REMARKABLE MANDATED
BY THE STATE OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY
ALLOWED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE HERE AND WE WOULD WE ASK
THAT YOU WEAR MASK.
>> WE HAVE SANITIZE ABAILABLE
AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME THE BUILDINGS GOT
ROAD.
NOBODY CAN GO INSIDE AND THE
BIGGEST THING IS TO WHICH I
THINK IS GOOD TO MAKE IT THERE
WAS CONTACTLESS DELIVERY
CONTACTLESS DELIVERY WHICH WE
READ IN A VAN AND WE GOT LIKE
25 TODAY.
SO BASICALLY YOU WOULD JUST
CALL AARFWS AND SAY PICK ME OUT
OF 70 FD23 MY CHEMCIAL I'LL PAY
FOR YOU OVERLOOK MEGHANN WHAT
CREDIT CALL OVER THE PHONE.
DROP IT OFF.
LIKE AMAZON U.P.S. AND THEN
RING THE DOORBELL AND SAY YOU
IT'S IT'S AMAZING.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO EVERY
YEAR AND HE WAS SAYING THAT AND
YOU KNOW YOU'VE SEEN WAGNER
LOTS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HE SAID THERE ARE SOME FOLKS
THAT ARE DEALING WITH THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF TREES THAT
THEY GROW UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND BRING
DOWN.
SO I ASKED PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK.
WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS A
LITTLE BIT.
REAL OR FAKE?
WHAT'S YOUR DEAL AND WHAT DO
YOU THINK?
HERE'S WHAT EVERYBODY HAD TO
SAY.
WE'LL START OUT WITH ADRIAN WHO
SAID THIS IS REALLY COOL.
GROWING UP IN ONE OF NEWBORNS
PRE CIVIL WAR BUILT HOMES WE
LIVE TREES THAT REACHED THE
CEILING.
WE SPEND HTOUSAND BUCKS THERE.
ADRIAN LEW WESTMORELAND SAID I
PREFER A LIVE TREE BUT WILL
LIVE TREE UP.
MY AUNT'S CAUGHT FIRE ON
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WHEN I WAS A
KID ALMOST BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.
JOHN TILLOTSON SAID FAKE
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
MAINTAIN IT.
PLUS IT COSTS LESS FROM NOT
HAVING TO REPLACE YEAR AFTER
YEAR.
WHITNEY SAYS NO REAL LOVE THE
SMELL OF A REAL TREE IS WHAT I
GREW UP WITH.
KATHY SAYS FAKE BECAUSE OF
ALLERGIES AND SO WE CAN KEEP
THE TREE UP LONGER.
WELL, THAT'S LEGITIMATE.
I GET THAT.
DEBORAH SAYS REAL THE ANNUAL
TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS COMING UP
WITH THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS TO
FIND THE PERFECT TREE IS KIND
OF WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT MY
PROBABLY MY NUMBER ONE REASON
IS BECAUSE I LIKE A REAL TREE
BECAUSE IT IS AN EVENT WITH THE
FAMILY.
MY KIDS LOVE PICKING OUT THE
TREE AND THEN NUMBER TWO WOULD
BE THE SMELL.
KRISTEN TOUCHED ON THAT.
YOU CANNOT IMITATE THAT.
YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME FAKE
TREES THAT HAVE THOSE LITTLE
THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
HEAT UP AND DO THE PINES.
IT IS NOT THE SAME.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO MAINTAIN.
LIKE HE MENTIONED IN HIS STORY
.
BUT SO YOU KIND OF NEED THE
WHOLE FAMILY TO TAKE PART WHEN
PICKING OUT AND MAINTAINING IT
AND HELPING THROUGHOUT THE
SEASON.
YEAH.
SEASON. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I GET IT DEFINITELY
IS AN EVENT AND IT'S A TRIP TO
TAKE THE FAMILY UP TO THE
MOUNTAINS.
BUT WE USED TO GET A REAL TREE
IN MY FAMILY AND NOW MY MOM
PUTS UP EIGHT DIFFERENT TREES.
AND SO WHEN YOU CUT DOWN EIGHT
DIFFERENT TREES THAT STARTS GET
REALLY EXPENSIVE.
SO SO WE MOVED TO THE FAKE
TREES.
YOU KNOW, SHE HAS THEM AND ALL
ALL SHAPES AND ALL SIZES THEIR
FLOCK THEIR NON FLOCK.
IT'S A WINTER WONDERLAND IN MY
HOUSE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
KRISTEN, DID YOU.
DID YOU SAY EIGHT TREES, EIGHT
REAL TREES?
NO, NO, NO.
IT USED TO BE REAL.
AND THEN SHE STARTED PUTTING UP
MORE AND MORE.
SO THEN WE WENT TO THE
FACTORIES.
I THINK IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE
SHATALOV I THOUGHT.
I THINK IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE
SEVEN BUT BEFORE THE SEASON IS
OVER IT'LL BE EIGHT.
TRUST ME I THOUGHT IT WAS EIGHT
REAL TREES LIKE THIS WOMAN'S
DROPPING