Christmas Tree Facts

For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place.
There are about 1 million acres in Christmas trees production. Each acre provides the daily oxygen requirements of 18 people.
There are approximately 5,000 choose and cut farms in the U.S.
It can take as many as 15 years to grow a tree of average retail sale height (6 feet), but the average growing time is 7 years.
The top Christmas tree producing states are; Oregon, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, California, and North Carolina.
The top selling Christmas trees are: Balsam fir, Douglas fir, Fraser fir, Scotch pine, White Pine, and Virginia Pine
Christmas trees have been sold commercially in the United states since about 1850.
Until fairly recently, all Christmas trees came from the forest.
The first decorated Christmas was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.
There are approximately 25-30 million real Christmas Trees sold in the U.S. every year.
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states.
In the United States, there are more than 12,000 cut-your-own farms.
In 1856 Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was the first President to place a Christmas tree in the White House.
In 1963, the National Christmas Tree was not lighted until December 22nd because of a national 30-day period of mourning following the assassination of President Kennedy.