Christmas in July
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Ann-Harper Pittman and her children, 13-year-old Claire and 10-year-old Joe, drag their Christmas tree off the Snicker's Gap Christmas Tree Farm on December 5, 2004 in Bluemont, Virginia. Reports say some farmers blame the shortage of cut-your-own trees on the drought of three to five years before.
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It's hot and humid, and the last thing on most of our minds is decorating a six-foot pine tree in front of a blazing fire.
But the recent heat and lack of rain is taking a toll on Minnesota's Christmas tree farms.
Jan Donelson is the executive director of the Minnesota Christmas Tree Association, and a tree farmer in Clear Lake. She tells Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham what to expect when this year's crop of trees matures.
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