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Pining for a real tree? National Christmas tree shortage affecting some local suppliers

Splash of Color Christmas Tree Lot owner Al Haseman shows Gabriella Jensen, 4, of DeKalb a 7-foot tall balsam fir tree. (Katrina J)

Splash of Color Christmas Tree Lot owner Al Haseman shows Gabriella Jensen, 4, of DeKalb a 7-foot tall balsam fir tree. (Katrina J)

On Sunday, Ron Eastman of Tinley Park (right) and his grandson Michael Eastman, 15, of Mount Greenwood, chopped down a tree at Camelot Christmas Tree Farm in DeKalb. Eleven of their family members visited the farm to purchase three Christmas trees. (Katrina J)

Sycamore residents Andrew George, Lucy Pickerill and their 6-month-old son Oliver look at the branches of a tree at the Camelot Christmas Tree Farm in DeKalb on Sunday. To celebrate their son's first Christmas, the family chose to visit the farm to find and bring home a live tree. (Katrina J)

Carly Mondane and her 1-year-old daughter Luella Frantonius of Chicago look a branch on the tree they chose to cut down at the Camelot Christmas Tree Farm in DeKalb on Sunday. Mondane's father, Frank Mondane, and her boyfriend David Frantonius also came from Chicago to find a tree. (Katrina J)

Tom Numbere Jr. is assisted by his 4-year-old son Jonah as he cuts down a Christmas tree Sunday at the Camelot Christmas Tree Farm in DeKalb. (Katrina J)