Want a real Christmas tree? Start looking now

Yearning for that real Christmas tree smell this year? Expect to pay a little more. And start looking now. Yes, even before that last Halloween Tootsie Roll has been polished off.That's because a glut of trees coupled with the deep recession a decade ago forced farmers to reduce plantings, making supply short now -- just as demand recovered along with the economy.As some farms went out of business, others were forced to scale back, hurt further by a surge in artificial tree popularity. That mean