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After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree! And to recycle used, broken or old Christmas lights and electronics See this page for local options to easily recycle your Christmas holiday lights

When should you take the Christmas tree, lights and decorations down? See this page for traditions and standards.

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My Christmas Tree guide has photos and descriptions of more than 2 dozen varieties of Christmas trees, along with a simple comparison chart!

If it has just snowed; see this page about how to make snocones from real snow! Your kids will love it!

Tips:

  • If the name of the farm is blue with an underline; that's a link to their website or Facebook page. Click on it for the most current hours and information.
  • ALWAYS call the farm or store BEFORE YOU GO - many farms have closed in the past year, and of course, we won't know until the season starts and we find they aren't open! Call to confirm their supply, their hours and whether they have trees, are allowing choose-and-cut or just precut trees; and which attractions or winter activities are available. All three can change during the short Christmas season, due to weather, demand and the farmer's business conditions! Farms get sold, shut down or run out of trees, and they don't all update me every day, let alone every year. For more tips to make your trip fun and successful, click here !
    DON'T DRIVE OUT THERE IF YOU CAN'T REACH THEM (by phone, email or find current information on their website or Facebook page!
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Updates for March 2024

March 2024:

After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree! And to recycle used, broken or old Christmas lights and electronics See this page for local options to easily recycle your Christmas holiday lights

When should you take the Christmas tree, lights and decorations down? See this page for traditions and standards

In March, you'll want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt - see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt - (www.EasterEggHuntsAndEasterEvents.org) . It's the ONLY website that is updated every Easter for all Easter Egg hunts in the U.S.

Christmas tree farms, lots and activities, sorted by county

Click on Resources above, if you need a county map

Adams County

  • The Pine Patch - Choose and Cut Christmas Trees, Handmade wreaths, tree stands, and tree bags. Complementary tree netting. Will deliver in town for $5 fee.
    26th Street and Elm Avenue, Hastings, NE 68901. Phone: 402-462-6507. Email: [email protected]. Open: from the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) to the Sunday before Christmas, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. Directions: Northeast edge of Hastings at 2510 N Elm. Click here for a map and directions. We grow Scotch Pine and White Pine on our farm and we bring in Pre-Cut Fraser Fir and Douglas Fir from Michigan. We also have the areas Freshest and Finest Christmas Wreaths. You can come by after November 1st. to pre-tag your tree. Just park at the gate and get your sold tag out of the mail box. We will be open for cutting the day after Thanksgiving but feel free to give me a call if you would like to get your tree before then. Our Grand Opening is the Friday after Thanksgiving. Hours next Friday to Saturday and Sunday will be 10am till the gate closes at 5:15 sharp.. You can still pre-tag a field tree to cut later. For updates, check here or on our pine patch tree farm facebook pageWe also grow larger landscape trees that can be transplanted with our tree spade. We have Maple, Oak, River Birch, Flowering Crab and Lindens along with Prairie Gold Nebraska Aspen Trees. We also do spraying for Bagworm and Tip Blight in Pine Trees and Commercial Weed Spraying. Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Blue Spruce, Scotch Pine, White Pine, Other Spruce
    Pre-Cut varieties: Fraser Fir and Douglas Fir Trees from Michigan.
    (UPDATED: November 17, 2018, JBS)
  • C. E. Wilcox Tree Farm - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut,
    2220 41 Road, Kenesaw, NE 68956. Phone: 308-647-5451. Open: Day after Thanksgiving to Christmas, 4 to 5 pm, daily. Directions: 5 miles south and east of Gibbon, I-80 exchange. Many trees of all sizes.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Scotch Pine

Boyd County

  • Ellwangers Greenhouse - Precut Christmas trees, wreaths, gift shop
    1031 Gale Street, Butte, NE 68722. Phone: 402-775-2300. Fax: 402-775-2300. Open: Saturday after Thanksgiving to Christmas; Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm; Sunday, 1 to 12 pm. Christmas Open House Saturday after Thanksgiving, 9 am to 5 pm; Saturday after Thanksgiving, 9 am to 12 pm. Directions: 630, 3rd St in Butte. Creates own wreaths and swags, plus a floral and gift shop.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    Precut Christmas trees: Fraser Fir

Buffalo County

  • Hardins Tree Farm - Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths, Christmas decorations, trees tied, porta-potties
    6315 East 39th, Kearney, NE 68847. Phone: 308-440-6911. Email: [email protected]. Open: Fridays 1 pm to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm, Open Friday after Thanksgiving till Weekend before Christmas. Directions: East of Kearney on Highway 30, 1.5 miles east from the Airport Road. Turn South on Imperial Avenue for .25 miles, then west on 39th Road for .75 mile. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    You Choose and We cut varieties: Austrian Pine, Blue Spruce, White Fir (Concolor Fir), Scotch Pine, White Pine.
    PreCut varieties: White Fir (Concolor Fir), Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, Scotch Pine.

Clay County

  • Russells Co. Pines - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut,
    6082 E. Lochland Road, Trumbull, NE 68980. Phone: 402-463-8024. Directions: 2 miles north of Hastings on Hwy 281, 5 miles east. Open: Thanksgiving weekend; weekends until Christmas, 9 am to 5 pm.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Austrian Pine, Scotch Pine, Other Pine

Dawson County

  • Heins Pines Christmas Trees and Wreaths - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas wreaths and boughs, saws provided, trees tied,
    75861 Rd 424, Cozad, NE 69130. Phone: 308-784-3587. Email: [email protected]. Directions: 3 and 1/2 miles east of Cozad, NE on highway 30 and 1/2 south on road 424. And for a map to our farm, click here. Open: daylight hours after Thanksgiving. Payment: Cash, Check. Nativity scene with live animals open daily. Fun and friendly farm setting.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Douglas Fir, Frasier Fir, Scotch Pine, White Pine

Furnas County

  • Porky-Pines Tree Farm - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Trees available for landscaping. Tree spade available, fresh greenery, swags, and wreaths, and homemade cookies.
    72505 Rd 425, Arapahoe, NE 68922. Phone: 308-962-7443. Open: from the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) to December 27; Saturday, 9 am to dusk; Sunday to Friday, 1 pm to dusk. Directions: On Hwy 6-34, 1 mile east, 2 miles north of Arapahoe.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Austrian Pine, Scotch Pine

Howard County

Knox County

  • Bow View Farm - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Candy and coloring books for the kids.
    88664 550 Ave, Crofton, NE 68730. Phone: 402-388-4798. Email: [email protected]. Open: Two weekends after Thanksgiving, 10 am to 3 pm, Saturday and Sunday. Directions: One mile west of Crofton on Hwy 12, 3- 1/2 miles south on 550 Ave.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Austrian Pine, Blue Spruce, Scotch Pine
  • T. H. E. Tree Farm - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Wreath, decorations. Pick and tag your tree in advance. Also, open weekdays by appointment. Late afternoons call 640-3820 cell or home phone.
    54458 880 Road, Bloomfield, NE 68718. Phone: 402-373-4866. Open: October 2, 3; 1 to 5 pm Pick and tag trees anytime after Thanksgiving; that weekend; and Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays before Christmas; Friday and Saturday, 10:30 am to 5 pm; Sunday, December 5, 12, 1 to 5 pm. Directions: 1 mile south of Bloomfield Broadway.
    Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Blue Spruce, Scotch Pine

Merrick County

Sherman County

  • Katalari Farms - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Wreath, Santa visitsSanta visits -check their website for dates and hours, live reindeer, decorations.
    78883 478th Ave, Loup City, NE 68853. Phone: (308) 745-0938. Email: [email protected]. Open: their sale dates and hours vary, see their website. Directions: 4 miles east of Loup City on Hwy 92 (478th Ave) . Other Information: Trees, wreaths, gifts, classes on wreath decorating and fresh arrangements. Special Santa/reindeer day.
     Christmas tree varieties:
    U-Choose and Cut your own: Fraser Fir, Canaan Fir, Concolor Fir, Scotch Pine, Eastern Red Pine



Want to cut your own from a national forest in Nebraska?

Cutting a Christmas tree in a national forest is a tradition for many residents of the Rocky Mountain Region. First, locate the forrest nearest you. This link has a easy to use map to find trees you may cut in a national forest in your area . Just hover (position) your mouse over the mouse on that page in your area. Next, you'll need a permit. Call the office of the closest Ranger District to the area you want to cut in to verify that they are offering Christmas tree cutting permits. This link has the contact information for those offices .

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