In Case You Were Curious...About Christmas Trees!
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- The Nordmann Fir has been a popular Christmas tree choice in Europe for a number of years and is gaining momentum in the United States.
- The U.S. has nearly 15,000 Christmas tree farms – and more than 100,000 people are employed in the Christmas tree farming industry, according to the National Christmas Tree Association.
- About 350-million Christmas trees are currently growing on Christmas tree farms in the U.S., the National Christmas Tree Association reported.
- According to the University of Illinois, just 2% of Christmas trees are cut from the wild.
- We can blame/celebrate Germany for creating the artificial Christmas tree. During the 19th century, artificial trees were developed in Germany and later became popular in the U.S.
- Christmas trees were once hung upside down. According to TheSpruce.com, the tradition of hanging a Christmas tree upside down from the ceiling is an old one that originated in Central and Eastern Europe.
- It can take as little as four years to reach this height, but the average growing time is seven years, but the typical height of a Christmas tree is about 6- or 7-feet.
