来自美国家居公司家得宝的Bob Sedlatschek称,一些家庭会购置更多的东西。该家居连锁店今年预计将会售出280万棵圣诞树。
Lou Mignone bought five this year, cutting down the last at Maple Row Tree Farm in Easton,Connecticut, where mums and dads wearing Santa hats meander round the lush 200 acreslooking for the perfect sapling. About a quarter of buyers like to pick their own at tree farms.
Lou Mignone今年购买了五棵圣诞树。他砍掉了位于康乃迪克州伊斯顿市的枫树林场的最后一颗树。在这个农场上的父母们带着圣诞帽在200英亩的旷野上四处漫步,希望找到最佳的圣诞树。大约有四分之一的购买者喜欢在林场里挑选中意的圣诞树。
Scott Edwards, who owns Maple Row, a former dairy farm in his family for 200 years, makesall his sales in the four weeks before Christmas.
Scott Edwards是枫树林农场的所有者。枫树林原先是其家族经营了两百多年的奶产品生产农场。现在的枫树林农场的所有销售额都来自于圣诞节前四个星期的时间。
His is one of 15,000 such farms in America.
在美国还有15000个这样的农场,
Most are small and family-owned.
其中的大多数都是规模较小,家族所有。
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