Garcia Family Christmas Trees

A family run business with incredibly fresh trees. Our tree is still not dropping needles or exhibiting the usual brittleness an off the lot tree would show nearly 3 weeks after taking it home. They also had craft fairs and entertainment this year which was a nice addition!

You see that? "Since 1937"? Go ahead, scour the interwebs, search socials, you won't find anything on this biz save one solitary and beautifully produced news feature from 2018, which tells the story of the Garcia family, who started the business during the Great Depression and handed it down through generations. Now in the hands of grandchildren, it honestly remains trapped in the past, and that's a very good thing: you'll drive on their property, next to their home, and pick a tree from the family farm outside of Mora, NM.These white furs are more than competitively priced, they're gorgeous, and they're perfectly New Mexican: reflecting the gritty, arid reality of this climate, these aren't the lush, thick trees of my midwestern youth, but comparatively narrow, branches spaced well apart, and sage in color. I was their very first customer of the year (the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday) and we couldn't wait to decorate the tree with family heirloom ornaments tracing back -- many of them -- to the Great Depression. We'll never shop anywhere else for our tree.Two more notes: During the pandemic they've set up a figure-8 driving model that encourages customers to remain masked in their vehicles until they meet their match. Also, they have a little side hustle going on, Lisa N Co, offering luminarias, handmade soaps and other things for your sidewalk and stockings. Expect to spend anywhere from $80-250 depending, and just to be safe, bring cash; they didn't have the Square set up when the first customer arrived, so I needed to make a second trip, but it was well worth it.

If you have not been to this burque/los ranchos institution, then you are missing out! Great selection of height, width, lush, thin, not a bad tree on the lot! Great people, sometimes live music, and totally reasonable prices! Oh, yeah, freshly cut, I mean like yesterday! Don't believe this review at your own peril...check 'em out! Just going there will ignite the holiday spirit!

We are thrilled with the tree and excellent service we got here, to says nothing of supporting a local family-owned business that's been around for nearly a century! Hope to be buying trees from them for years to come