Hey, there! Log in / Register

Good grief: $45 for a Charlie Brown Christmas tree?

Expensive Charlie Brown Christmas tree in Kendall Square

Kate Wilson spotted these $45 tabletop trees in Kendall Square and wondered if that's really the going rate in the Boston area or are they just carrying that Kendall Square premium.

Marainniss quickly replied that with just a little searching, you could do better. Like try this apparently free pitiful tree on the center platform at the Park Street Red Line stop:

Charlie Brown tree in Boston subway station

Midway between the two are the $21 tabletop trees Eileen Murphy reports spotting at the South Boston Stop & Shop.

Neighborhoods: 
Topics: 


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Comments

Shouldn't that be Good Grief?

up
Voting closed 0

Headline changed!

up
Voting closed 0

Russo's in Watertown doing full-sized trees for $46.

up
Voting closed 0

IMAGE(https://elmercatdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/wreath.jpg)
For many years, my sister, Rosemary, has been sending me a wreath of fresh greens at Christmastime. This wreath arrived today! It looks beautiful and smells lovely, even to my cat, Henry!

Of course, this has little to do with the story, but it seemed an opportune chance to send a special Thank You to Rosemary for her thoughtful gift!

up
Voting closed 0

"adorable."

up
Voting closed 0

Beautiful cat!

up
Voting closed 2

please post more cat pics

up
Voting closed 0

Such a cute cat...Love the bushy tail!

up
Voting closed 0

up
Voting closed 0

thats kind of a lush tree to be considered a Charlie Brown (or Archie Bunker) Christmas tree. And still overpriced.

up
Voting closed 0

A Charlie Brown Christmas , when the gang transformed the "poor" tree (to use Lucy's and Freida's term) into a short but lush tree.

up
Voting closed 1

Saw them at Wegman's in Westwood for much less (under $20, I believe).

up
Voting closed 0

$45 is ridiculous for that...

Hell, even Whole Foods has tabletop trees for $20 (or did last time I was there).

up
Voting closed 0

Back in Maine, that would run you about 12 dollars. Boston prices are absolutely ridiculous all around.

up
Voting closed 0

Go into the woods, chop it down and your only cost was gas and tolls?

:-/s

up
Voting closed 0

Pay on line, download all the rules and a form, and go out and cut something that is in the right of way of the roadway or under/around high voltage power lines. Cut up to 5 trees per permit, mark where you cut them, and turn it back in.

This is a great way to keep the right of way clear without sending crews in.

My sister-in-law and I had a great time a couple of years ago bringing in the tree harvest. We went out and cut three of these small trees for her home daycare kiddies to decorate, then cut two larger trees for her home and her mother's home. My brother's car was full of trees, which smelled amazing! I still have some pitch on my old snow pants.

I wish we could do something like that here - cut trees that are doomed anyway and use them as Christmas trees.

up
Voting closed 0

up
Voting closed 1

...and you want a good tree for not much money, I'd suggest a trip to a tree farm. You probably knew that already, but...

up
Voting closed 1

">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPa1g5JIxZ4[/youtube]

up
Voting closed 0

IMAGE(http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/boston/kveus115s.jpg)

up
Voting closed 1

Got that same tree for 9.99 at the liquidators store in Dot.

up
Voting closed 0

up
Voting closed 2