Ah, the humble Christmas tree, one of the most recognizable symbols of the holiday season.
Here’s some random stuff you probably don’t know about Christmas trees.
Many harvested Christmas trees do not grow in the wild, but are raised on farms. Christmas trees are an agricultural product.
Roughly one million acres are dedicated to tree farming.
Approximately 25 to 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the United States every year.
It can take as many as 15 years for a tree to grow to the typical height required of a Christmas tree.
Germans are credited with bringing the first Christmas trees into the home and decorating them in the spirit of Christmas. The first recorded reference to the Christmas tree dates back to the 16th century.
Tree farms are beneficial to the environment because they reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air and help counter global warming.
The most common Christmas tree species are balsam fir, Douglas-fir, Fraser fir, noble fir, Scotch pine, Virginia pine and white pine.
