How Christmas Trees Can Save The World

The shortage of 2021 is real. Trees are more expensive than ever, and some suspect they are bad for the environment. Should we pivot to artificial trees— or the other way around?

Mountain Top Fraser Fir, a Christmas tree farm in Newland, N.C. Source: Jacob Biba for The New York Times

This past weekend my teenaged son and I ventured out into a chilly midwinter night to perform an…