A full agritourism operation right off I-20 with a jumping pillow, face painting, and gift shop alongside four cut-your-own tree species and precut Fraser fir, though hours and pricing weren't published anywhere.
Lazy Acres Farm Fun, run by Michael May and located just off I-20 at the Chunky exit (#121), is one of the larger agritourism operations in this research batch. The Christmas tree component — four cut-your-own species plus precut Fraser fir — sits alongside a jumping pillow, face painting, a gift shop, concessions, picnic areas, and farm animals, making this considerably more than a bare tree lot.
Visitors can cut their own Carolina Sapphire, Eastern red cedar, Leyland cypress, or Virginia pine, or opt for precut Fraser fir if a traditional fir look matters more than the cutting experience itself. A saw is provided for the cut-your-own varieties. That combination — several warm-climate species plus an actual fir option — gives this farm more flexibility than single-species farms elsewhere in this batch.
The farm’s location right at the Chunky exit off I-20 makes it a genuinely convenient stop for travelers along that corridor, not just a destination requiring a special trip down back roads. It’s also a well-established multi-season business: beyond the seasonal tree and entertainment offerings, the property hosts weddings and school tours, which points to a more developed operation than a family selling trees as a side activity. That said, more developed generally also means busier — if you’re hoping for a quiet, low-traffic visit, the presence of a jumping pillow and face painting alongside the trees suggests weekends here likely draw a fuller family crowd than a simple cut-your-own lot down a gravel road.
Unlike some farms in this batch where hours simply aren’t published anywhere, Lazy Acres has a specific, known gap: the farm directs visitors to check its own website, lazy-acres.com, for current hours, rather than publishing them on the third-party directories consulted for this research. That’s a meaningfully different situation from “unknown” — the information exists, it’s just not on the sources checked here, so a visitor’s best move is checking the farm’s own site directly rather than assuming typical hours based on comparable farms.
One genuine convenience: payment here spans cash, debit, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, according to the listing consulted — broader than many smaller cash-only farms in this batch. What isn’t available is an actual tree price. No price_from or price_note exists in the record, so there’s no honest dollar figure to offer, regardless of how well-resourced the farm’s amenities suggest it is.
The honest bottom line: Lazy Acres Farm Fun offers one of the fuller family-entertainment experiences in this batch with genuine species choice, but check the farm’s own website for hours and be ready to ask about pricing on arrival, since neither is published on the directories this research relied on.
Not stated in any source checked — the farm directs visitors to its own website for current hours rather than publishing them on the directories consulted. Check lazy-acres.com or call ahead before you go.
With a jumping pillow, face painting, gift shop, concessions, and picnic areas alongside the tree-cutting, this reads as a multi-hour family outing rather than a quick tree pickup.
Not stated directly, but the farm also hosts weddings and school tours, which suggests an established, multi-use property that likely sees meaningful weekend traffic during tree season.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in any source checked.
Skip Lazy Acres if you want a quick, no-frills tree pickup, since the jumping pillow, face painting, and gift shop suggest a longer, more involved family visit, and skip it if you need confirmed hours or pricing before you go, since neither is published on the directories checked — the farm's own website is the source for that.
Not available in the record checked.
Not published on the directories checked. The farm directs visitors to its own website, lazy-acres.com, for current hours.
Carolina Sapphire, Eastern red cedar, Leyland cypress, and Virginia pine for cut-your-own, plus precut Fraser fir for buyers wanting a traditional fir.
Cash, debit, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover are all accepted, per the listing consulted.
Yes — sleigh rides, a gift shop, concessions, restrooms, a picnic area, face painting, a jumping pillow, and farm animals are all part of the property, which also hosts weddings and school tours.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own, and a saw is provided.
596 Lazy Acres Road, Chunky, MS 39323, in Newton County. It is one of 5 farms we track in Central MS.
We track 5 farms in Central MS, 4 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 hayride or sleigh ride, a gift shop or farm market, a cocoa or cider stand, which most Central MS farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 1 of the 5 farms we track in Central MS had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
lazy-acres.com · pickyourownchristmastree.org · mschristmastrees.com
Checked September 2026.