A full-service farm offering choose-and-cut, pre-cut, and living trees with unusually flexible payment and Santa visits, though the exact 2026 season dates are a strong estimate, not an explicitly confirmed posting.
Arnolds covers more ground than most farms in this research: choose-and-cut, pre-cut, and living (balled, plantable) trees are all offered in one place, with saws, shaking, and baling provided regardless of which route you pick. If your household is split between someone who wants the full cut-your-own experience and someone who’d rather grab a pre-cut tree and go, or if you’re specifically interested in a living tree to plant after the holidays, this farm is set up to handle all three without needing to visit multiple places.
Cash, check, debit card, and Visa/Mastercard are all reportedly accepted here — a meaningfully wider range than several cash-only farms elsewhere in this same region. If you’re stacking multiple farm visits in one day and want to avoid carrying extra cash just in case, Arnolds is one of the safer bets for that.
The record lists 2026 season dates of November 27 through December 23, but it’s worth understanding exactly how those were derived: the underlying source described the farm’s pattern as opening “on Black Friday until December 23,” a description of a recurring rule rather than a hard 2026-specific date, which was then resolved to this year’s calendar (Black Friday 2026 falls on November 27). That’s a reasonable, well-grounded estimate, but the source wasn’t explicitly re-posted or re-dated for 2026 when this research was done. Treat the dates as a strong planning guide rather than an ironclad guarantee, and don’t be surprised if the actual opening shifts by a day or two.
No specific tree species were named anywhere in the sources reviewed for this farm, and no pricing was found either. That’s a real gap if you have a particular fir or spruce in mind, or if you’re trying to budget precisely before you go. Given the farm’s apparent emphasis on flexibility (three tree types, four payment methods), it’s a reasonable bet that species selection is broad too, but that’s an inference from the farm’s overall posture, not a confirmed fact.
Santa visits and winter wagon rides round out the offering, along with a gift shop. Taken together, this reads like a farm built for a full family outing rather than a fast tree pickup — worth budgeting more time for than a quick, pre-cut-only stop elsewhere.
Weekend (9 a.m.-6 p.m.) for more time than weekday afternoons (noon-6 p.m.); the season is estimated to run Black Friday (Nov 27) through December 23, 2026.
1-1.5 hours if you take in the wagon ride, a Santa visit, and the gift shop.
Not documented directly, but if the season does open on Black Friday as estimated, that weekend is reliably the busiest stretch at almost any farm running a multi-week season.
Skip if you need a specific tree species confirmed in advance, since none was listed in the record — though the farm's overall flexibility across tree types and payment methods makes it a low-risk choice otherwise.
Estimated to run from Black Friday (November 27) through December 23, 2026, based on the farm's described pattern of opening on Black Friday until December 23. This is a resolved estimate from a relative description, not an explicitly re-confirmed 2026 posting — treat it as a strong planning guide, not a guarantee.
Yes — the farm offers choose-and-cut, pre-cut, and living (plantable) trees, with saws, shaking, and baling all provided.
Cash, check, debit, and Visa/Mastercard — one of the more payment-flexible farms found in this research.
No specific pricing was found in available sources. Ask when you call.
November 27 – December 23, 2026. Monday-Sunday. Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-6:00 PM; Sat-Sun 9:00 AM-6:00 PM.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you), and a saw is provided.
25 Richwine Rd, Marysville, PA 17053, in Perry County. It is one of 12 farms we track in South Central PA.
We track 12 farms in South Central PA, 6 of which let you cut your own tree. The farm has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
Its season runs about 27 days against a regional average of 19, so it is a notably longer window than most of its neighbours, which takes the pressure off picking a weekend.
What sets it apart locally: it has a hayride or sleigh ride, a gift shop or farm market, free netting/baling, which most South Central PA farms on our list do not.
arnoldschristmastreefarm.com
Checked August 2026.