Branching Out: Tree Trivia
-
 Trees
have been sold commercially in the United States since 1850.
- The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition began in 1933.
- In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge started the National Christmas
Tree Lighting Ceremony on the White House Lawn, and it has been
held every year since.
- In 1963, The National Christmas tree was not lit until December
22 because of the national 30-day mourning period following the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- In 1984, the temperatures were in the 70s on the east coast,
making it the warmest Christmas ever.
- Christmas trees generally take six to eight years to mature.
- 98 percent of all Christmas trees are grown on farms.
- Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states, including Hawaii
and Alaska.
- The best selling trees are Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Fraser
fir, balsam fir and white pine.
- Thomas Edison's assistants came up with the idea of electric
lights for Christmas trees.
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