Tariffs Are Threatening a Christmas Tree and Holiday Decor Shortage This Year — Here’s What Our Editors Recommend Shopping Early

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. If you’ve always scoffed at people who have their Christmas tree up by Halloween, it’s time to be a bit more open-minded this year. Based on tariffs affecting imports from China to the U.S. (and the fact that “roughly 90 percent of all artificial Christmas trees are made in China,” per CNBC, with similar stats affecting Christmas decor as a whole), limited inventory is expected across multiple categories of seasonal decorative goods as companies cut back on imports or halt them entirely. What this means in layman’s terms? Should you choose to shop for your faux pine wreath during the first week of December, you might be met with a dreaded “out of stock” notification. It’s common industry knowledge that the holiday decor shopping boom happens around Black Friday each year, so we’re urging you to take matters into your own hands by setting aside time to score everything on your Christmas interior design Pinterest board now. Yes, you’ll encounter steeper prices than in 2024 — also as a result of geopolitical-slash-economic tensions — but at least they’ll be accompanied by the

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