It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the aptly named Missouri city of Festus, where an “iconic” tree farm has just been put on the market for the first time since it began doling out festive cheer to families from near and far back in the 1970s.

Meert Tree Farm, a 150-acre Christmas tree farm , is offering a lucrative year-round business opportunity to savvy buyers eager to take a step beyond decking their own halls and trimming their own tree.

Listed for $2.2 million, the Jefferson County farm has been operating for more than 50 years, providing not only trees during the holiday season, but pumpkins at Halloween and sunflowers during the warmer months.

But for anyone eager to take on stewardship of the historic business, there is one catch: The holiday-focused company w

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