- And as everyone knows,
Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday.
I love it.
Friends, we are thirty three days away.
It's getting real. It's getting real.
- [Whitney Cummings] That's intense.
- [Kelly Clarkson] You know Christmas is
just around the corner
when Christmas tree lots start popping up everywhere.
Including right here on my set.
We're going to learn what it takes to pick the perfect tree,
thanks to our next guest.
Two real life Christmas tree farmers,
George and his son, Ryan.
Thank y'all for coming.
- Yep!
- Okay first, I wish people at home
could smell this set.
It smells like the holidays.
I seriously love everything about Christmas.
- That's cause nothing says Christmas
like a real Christmas tree.
- So what, yeah, why are you saying ...
- That experience, the tradition of going out to the farm,
going out to lot, choosing your tree.
It's just so much fun
and it builds those memories
that you can't get anywhere else.
- [Kelly Clarkson] So you're a fan of real trees, right?
- Yeah!
Yes!
(laughing loudly)
I am.
I don't, not everything in my life is real,
but I like real Christmas trees.
- Would you like to pick one?
- Yes!
- You can pick one!
- [Lil Rel Howery] Can I pick a tree?
- [Kelly Clarkson] You pick a tree.
You pick a tree.
- [Lil Rel Howery] Yeah, you bet.
- [George] Find the one.
It's gotta speak to you.
- [Kelly Clarkson] Okay, we're still in November y'all.
Is it too early to get a tree?
- No, this is the time to start thinking about Christmas.
Of course that day after Thanksgiving
is when most of the farms,
the lots are gonna be open fully to,
you know, host those people through their places,
but it's not too early so.
- I decorate starting the beginning of November.
(laughing loudly)
Did you find a good one?
(Laughing loudly)
- [George] I think she did.
(crowd cheering)
- [Kelly Clarkson] That's a good one!
- This is very nice.
- Now, now what does this say?
- Don't touch my tree!
- Sorry, sorry.
- Now what does this say with your questions?
I wonder what your therapist would say about this tree.
Why did you pick this tree?
- I know.
What does this say about my psyche?
(laughing loudly)
- So wait, how do you know if you have a good tree or not?
How do you know if?
That's a good tree.
- You know, first is to feel it.
You can touch your tree.
You will love it and feel that it's really good.
- [Kelly Clarkson] Can I touch your tree?
- Okay, yes you can.
You have permission
- [George] People should know that
every year that a tree grows,
it's adding new branches, new needles on the outside
to collect that sunlight
and the needles on the inside
are gonna be naturally shed every year.
So, it's okay to have a few loose needles.
That's a natural part of a real tree.
- What is up with watering a tree?
- [Ryan] Now lots of people say, when they come to a farm,
they're like there's no way we can cut this tree
at Thanksgiving time and have it last till Christmas.
But, you can.
It completely works, absolutely.
But, we need to water the tree, okay so?
- How many times a day?
- Like two times a day when we're first starting.
This tree is gonna drink a lot of water.
- [George] Especially that first week.
Yeah.
- So, it's like a child?
- For two weeks.
- [Whitney Cummings] Two times a day?
- [Kelly Clarkson] She's out, she's out.
- Water two times a day.
I think I'm ready to be a mom.
- [George] And a fresh cut off the trunk
makes a huge difference.
Just a, just a shave.
A half an inch off the bottom.
A lot of times the farm,
or the tree lot will do that for you.
- It will help it drink a little more there.
Really get it going.
- [Kelly Clarkson] Cause how long will they really last,
like a real tree?
- [Ryan] So interestingly, you know,
we have some awesome people, who come to our farm,
and they regularly decorate their tree
all the way through the Super Bowl
and even into Easter.
- It's still in their house?
- [Ryan] Yeah, now you wanna be a little careful.
- That is so redneck, I like it.
- [Ryan] Exactly, exactly!
- [Kelly Clarkson] That's so redneck, wow.
I'm in!
- Put the football ornaments on her.
- I'm in!
Got beer bottles, it's like.
- But, you wanna try, if you gonna do that,
you wanna try to keep it away from the big, sunny window.
You know, that's really not so great.
So, in the sun, in the daytime,
maybe draw the shades a little bit around it.
- And then, do you have any advice on cats and trees?
- Oh, do they live, do they attack it?
- Yeah, they love it.
- I have number of people
that take a fine, little wire,
go from the top up to the windowsill or something,
so the cats can't pull it over.
- Oh, that's smart.
- Does that really happen?
- [George] We like to have people
buy a good Christmas tree stand.
Something that's got a relatively large bowl of water,
so it doesn't dry out of water all the time.
Nice, wide stance and then it's gonna stand up real well.
- [Kelly Clarkson] Here's a tough question.
So, a lot of people think
cutting down trees is bad for the environment, obviously.
Like, do you think that's true?
Y'all replant, don't you?
- I think it's a little bit challenging for,
you know, kind of young blanning families,
like myself, you know,
that in third grade we were taught,
don't cut down the trees.
Cutting trees is bad.
You can't do that.
And that's, that's not true.
These trees are a crop.
They're grown for this purpose.
They're sustainable.
They're reusable.
They're recyclable.
And so, on our farm for instance,
for every tree that's harvested,
we plant two in it's place.
So, you know, we're only improving as we go
wit the whole, you know, adding more trees to the world.
- [Kelly Clarkson] And your family can.
My family's been doing that for years.
If they cut down a fresh tree, they plant trees.
- [George] Use a crop, grown by farmers like us.
Just for this purpose.
- That's really cool.
All right, well thank you so much.
My band already has their
real Christmas tree decorated for this season.
It's beautiful guys.
You like it?
- [George] Yeah.
Build those memories, yeah.