Florists will be able to sell Christmas trees from this Friday

Father Christmas will be able to drop off his presents at the foot of the tree this year. While the question of the end of the year celebrations remains unanswered due to the health crisis and the re-containment, the French will still be able to install a Christmas tree at their home.

Indeed, florists will be authorized from this Friday to sell Christmas trees outdoors, like other usual points of sale, Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie announced on Tuesday. “In the health crisis we are facing, it’s still easier to organize this sale of trees since in most cases it is done outside”, explained in the preamble the minister on the antenna of the radio RMC.

“You will have the usual places, in which the sale will be organized, many places are already open, I am thinking of supermarkets, I am thinking of DIY stores, garden centers. Regarding florists, (…) the sale outside there too can be organized “, explained the minister, according to which it will be possible to buy trees from Friday. The minister specified that it would be possible to buy these trees without having to order them beforehand.

“The sector is getting organized, all the producers are hard at work and it will be possible for each of our fellow citizens to have access to these trees from November 20”, concluded the Minister, who had announced on Monday evening the publication of a decree to allow the sale of Christmas trees, without specifying where and from when.

Each year in France, 6 million Christmas trees are sold. They can be found mainly in supermarkets, DIY stores and garden centers and 80% of them come from French production, according to figures provided by the French association of the natural Christmas tree (AFSNN).