{"id":3591,"date":"2025-04-10T22:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T22:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/christmas-is-either-cancelled-or-about-to-get-a-lot-more-expensive\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T22:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T22:22:39","slug":"christmas-is-either-cancelled-or-about-to-get-a-lot-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/christmas-is-either-cancelled-or-about-to-get-a-lot-more-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Is Either Cancelled or About to Get A Lot More Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bulk of America\u2019s Christmas decorations come from China. Richard Pierrin\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christmas is still eight months away. But April is usually when U.S. retailers place orders of Christmas decoration products with their suppliers in China to allow time for buying raw material, production and shipping before the holiday rush. That timeline is disrupted this year, now that President Trump has imposed a 145 percent tariff on products coming from China, which supplies nearly 90 percent of Christmas decorations sold in the U.S. Many manufacturers in China say they haven\u2019t received any orders<\/a> from their U.S. clients, according to Reuters. Even if Christmas isn\u2019t canceled, it\u2019s going to be a whole lot more expensive this year.<\/p>\n

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At a minimum, a $500 artificial tree will double in price to more than $1,000, according to Jami Warner<\/a>, executive director of the American Christmas Tree Association, a trade group representing members of the artificial tree industry.<\/p>\n

Americans currently spend an average of $261<\/a> on Christmas decorations and other seasonal items every year. \u201cAs the proposed rates continue to climb, it\u2019s difficult to estimate the ultimate impact on consumers,\u201d Warner told Observer in an email.<\/p>\n

In his latest salvo against China, Trump yesterday (April 9) enacted a 145 percent levy on Chinese imports, up from a 104 percent tariff announced earlier this week. China was left out of a 90-day pause of the so-called reciprocal tariffs on numerous other countries. For the time being, these nations\u2014besides China\u2014will be subject to a flat 10 percent levy.<\/p>\n

The U.S. holiday decoration market is deeply reliant on Chinese manufacturing. In 2023, China provided 88 percent of the Christmas decoration products in the U.S., valued at $2.8 billion, according to U.S. Census data. The bulk of America\u2019s artificial Christmas trees, too, come from China. \u201cThese products have never been manufactured on a large scale in the United States,\u201d Warner said.<\/p>\n

Impacts from Trump\u2019s levies are already starting to be felt. Walmart (WMT)<\/a> has reportedly asked its Chinese suppliers to leave sticker prices off of decorations<\/a> due to the uncertainty of how they will be priced going forward.<\/p>\n

Christmas decor made outside of China also faces price surges<\/h3>\n

China doesn\u2019t dominate the full spectrum of Christmas decor\u2014Cambodia, for example, in 2023 provided 66 percent of LED Christmas tree lights imported into the U.S. But, alongside other manufacturing hubs across Southeast Asia, Cambodia isn\u2019t fully spared by Trump\u2019s tariffs and faces a 49 percent levy in three months\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time Christmas has gotten inadvertently hit by trade disputes. During Trump\u2019s first term, the administration threatened levies on Chinese imports that included Christmas decor. The policy was paused in 2019, in part because of concerns regarding their impact on the holiday season<\/a>, before it was scrapped after the U.S. and China hammered out a trade agreement.<\/p>\n

With the U.S. and China currently locked into a tariff showdown, it remains to be seen whether a similar agreement will take place this time.\u00a0\u201cWe are deeply concerned that these tariffs will mean that Christmas will be dramatically different this year for American families,\u201d said Warner. \u201cAnd we are still processing what this means to our industry and to our employees as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

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