>> MANY FAMILIES ARE GETTING OUT TO DECORATE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. YOU MIGHT FACE HIGHER PRICE TAGS. >> ON TOP OF THE HIGHER PRICE TAGS, SOME TREE FARMS ARE DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE BECAUSE OF THIS WEATHER. >> MANY GET OUT TO FIND THE PERFECT FOR MINISTRY AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS. OWNERS OF THE TREE FARM HAS HAD TO CLOSE FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. HE TELLS ME THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORS ARE THE PANDEMIC AND THE WEATHER CAUSING HISTORY SHORTAGES. >> COVID WAS THE SILVER BULLET. THAT YEAR I SOLD ABOUT -- OUT IN EIGHT DAYS. >> BECAUSE OF THE RUSH IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND THE TREES TAKEN 8-10 YEARS TO GROW LARGE ENOUGH AND DURING THOSE YEARS, WEATHER CAN TAKE A TOLL FREE AT LAST YEAR, HE SAYS HE LOST 400 TREES ON HIS FARM AFTER MISSING OUT ON RAIN. >> IT WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER, HERE COMES THE RAIN IS COMING. I STARTED TO GET OUT THERE AND PLANTED TREES. THE RAIN ALMOST CAME. IT SIDESTEPPED MY FARM AND IT DID NOT RAIN. NOW THOSE TREES ARE -- MOST OF THEM ARE DEAD. >> LIKE MOST IN THE GROWING BUSINESS, HE SAYS POOR WEATHER AND SOIL CONDITIONS CAN CONTROL SUPPLY. >> I HAVE NOT KEPT THE STATS, BUT I WOULD GUESS, I HAVE LOST AS MANY TREES TO DROUGHT IN MY ENTIRE CAREER AS I HAVE SOLD. >> EVEN THROUGH THE HARD YEARS OF ON HIS CHRISTMAS TREE FARM, HE IS STILL TRYING TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AND OPEN AGAIN FOR HIS CUSTOMERS. >> I THINK THE FUTURE LOOKS GOOD BUT THEY TREES MAY BE MORE EXPENSIVE LIKE YOU HAVE SEEN. >> WHILE HE GROSSES ONLY TREES ON THE FARM, HE ALSO RELIES ON SHIPPING IN TREES TO HELP WITH THE HIGH DEMAND BUT EVEN THAT IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT AS OTHER TREE FARMERS ARE FACING SIMILAR HARDSHIPS. >> IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO STOP HER TRAYS AS YOU KNOW AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS. >> ONE TRADE IN INDIANA HAD AN AUDIENCE. >> THEY LIGHTED UP A FREIGHT TRAIN FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKEN THIS VIDEO AS THE TRAIN ROLLED THROUGH. THE CROWD SAID THEY WAITED FOR HOURS TO SEE THE HOLIDAY TRAIN BECAUSE OF WEATHER DELAYS. IT RAISES MONEY AND COLLECTS CAN GOODS FOR FOOD PANTRIES ACROSS THE TRACEROUTE. -- WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR GETTING OUT AND DONATING. YOU HAVE HELPED US RAISE MORE THAN $40,000 PROVIDING GIFTS AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT YEAR-ROUND FOR KIDS IN AREA HOSPITALS. YOU HAVE TIME TO DONATE BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE WLWT.COM OR MAIL A CHECK TO THAT ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN PO BOX 59 CINCINNATI 45201. THE NEW YEAR’S EASE WISH WALL IS BACK IN TIME SQUARE. >> PEOPLE CAN POST THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2023. THE WISHING WALL WILL BE OPEN EVERY DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHRISTMAS DAY. EACH WISH COLLECTED BEFORE AND 2 -- DECEMBER 29 WILL BE TURNED INTO CONFETTI LITTLE RAIN DOWN WHEN THE BALL DROPS. >> IT IS SO NEAT. I WILL BE WATCHING ON TV NEW YEAR’S EVE TO SEE IT LIKE THE AIR. >> I THINK THAT WISH IS ALREADY FULFILLED. YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE HAPPIER THINGS FOR PEOPLE AS WELL. >> FOR ALL OF US WHO CANNOT GET THE TIME SQUARE THIS YEAR, WISHES CAN BE SUBMITTED VIRTUALLY. >> MILEY CYRUS IS GOING TO BE HOSTING NEW YEAR’S EVE SPECIAL FROM FLORIDA. THIS YEAR HER GODMOTHER, DOLLY PARTON IS GOING TO COHOES WITH HER. HER PARTY WILL AIR RIGHT HERE ON WLWT AND OLD PEACOCK DECEMBER 31 STARTING AT 10:30 P.M. >> DOLLY LOOKS ABOUT 50. >> SHE IS AMAZING.