A choose-and-cut tree farm paired with a full Christmas decor store and the most consistent daily hours of any farm in this East Texas batch, though tree pricing isn't published anywhere checked.
Dellinger’s stands out in this East Texas batch for a simple reason: it combines a choose-and-cut Virginia Pine and precut Fraser Fir tree farm with a genuine retail Christmas store, selling lights – including commercial-grade strings – and replacement bulbs. That’s a real one-stop-shop angle that most farms in this research don’t offer. If your holiday to-do list includes both a tree and fixing or replacing your outdoor lights, this is one of the few places in the dataset where you could plausibly handle both in a single visit.
Where a lot of small East Texas farms limit themselves to weekends or a handful of hours a day, Dellinger’s keeps genuinely daily hours through the season: Monday through Saturday 9am to 5:30pm, and Sunday 1pm to 5pm. That’s seven-day coverage, which matters if your schedule doesn’t line up with a typical Friday-Saturday-Sunday-only farm. The season is expected to open on Thanksgiving Day itself (2pm-5pm in 2026), following the same relatively early-opening pattern seen at a couple of other farms in this region, rather than waiting for the day-after rush.
Despite the more developed retail operation implied by the Christmas store, no tree pricing – per-foot, flat-rate, or otherwise – was found in any source checked for this farm. That’s worth flagging plainly rather than guessing: a business with an established storefront selling commercial-grade lighting equipment could plausibly charge more or less than a bare-bones farm stand, and there’s no way to know from the available record. Call ahead if a specific number matters to your planning.
Cut-your-own Virginia Pine is grown on the property, while precut Fraser Fir is brought in for visitors who’d rather skip the cutting. No season-end date is confirmed in the record, unlike a couple of nearby farms with a firm Christmas Eve close, so late-December availability here isn’t guaranteed either way – treat the daily hours as running through Christmas, but confirm the exact last day before making a very-late-season trip.
Dellinger’s combines a real tree-farm option with a genuine decor retail operation and the most flexible daily schedule in this batch, which makes it a practical stop for anyone juggling multiple holiday errands – but the total absence of published tree pricing means you’re still walking in without a number in mind.
The season is expected to open Thanksgiving Day, Nov 26, 2026, 2pm-5pm, then run Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm and Sun 1pm-5pm. Seven-day availability makes this one of the more flexible schedules in the region.
Not stated directly, but combining a tree purchase with browsing a full Christmas decor store suggests planning more time than a quick cut-and-go stop, especially if lights shopping is on your list too.
Not stated in the record. Daily hours, including a full week of availability, likely spread visitor traffic out more evenly than farms open only on weekends, though the first Saturday after Thanksgiving is still a reasonable bet for the busiest single day.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the sources reviewed.
Skip Dellinger's if you need confirmed tree pricing before committing to the trip, since no per-foot or flat rate was found in the sources checked.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
Yes, for Virginia Pine grown on the property. Precut Fraser Fir is also available for those who'd rather not cut.
It's paired with a retail Christmas store selling lights, including commercial-grade strings, and replacement bulbs -- a combination not seen at most other farms in this research.
Not stated in the record. No pricing was found in the sources checked.
Thanksgiving Day (2026: Nov 26) 2pm-5pm, then Monday-Saturday 9am-5:30pm and Sunday 1pm-5pm. No confirmed season-end date exists in the record.
Opens November 26, 2026 (closing date not published). Thanksgiving afternoon, then daily. Hours: Thanksgiving 2pm-5pm; Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm; Sun 1pm-5pm.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
1866 Highway 7 E, Center, TX 75935, in Shelby County. It is one of 11 farms we track in East Texas Piney Woods.
We track 11 farms in East Texas Piney Woods, 8 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has a gift shop or farm market, wreaths and garland for sale, which most East Texas Piney Woods farms on our list do not.
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Checked September 2026.