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The market for natural Christmas trees in the United States began to tumble when an oversupply during the late 1980s through the mid-1990s sent prices downward. In 1992, harvests of around 850,000 trees in New England were considered too many and Christmas trees sold for around US$5 as opposed to the usual $18–$30 each.
The European demand for live trees reaches about 50 million per year, compared with the demand for about 35 million of the trees in the United States. [2] Denmark is a major producer of live Christmas trees, about 90 percent are exported to other European nations, such as Great Britain, France, Germany and Austria. Denmark exported about 1 ...
Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. The first Christmas tree farm was established in 1901, but most consumers continued to obtain their trees from forests until the 1930s and 1940s.
The Lisbon Christmas tree is an Artificial Christmas tree erected annually in Lisbon, Portugal since 2004. From 2005, when it was an entrant in the Guinness World Records, the tree is called Europe's tallest Christmas tree. [1] The height of the tree varies every year and it was the highest in 2007 at 76 metres (249 ft).
Portugal, as of 2013, is the world's tenth-largest producer of wine, [7] although Portugal's wines are mostly unknown internationally apart from Port and Rosé. Under the influence of EU policies, vineyard areas have been reduced in recent years. In 2012, the food deficit (food imports minus food exports) was of €3.33 billion. [8]
Living trees were used from 1924 to 1953, and again from 1973 to the present (2011). In the list below, the height of the cut tree is the height of the tree when raised at the White House. The height of the living tree is the height when it was first planted. Several states and territories of the United States have provided these trees.
The National Christmas Tree Association ( NCTA) is a professional organization in the United States of over 5,100 "Christmas tree professionals" in various capacities. The group focuses its work into three areas: promotion and research, federal representation (which includes Congressional lobbying ), and professional education. [1]
Yes, artificial trees are seeing a surge in pricing, and true, they don’t emit that wondrously fresh pine scent, but the argument to forego a real Christmas tree in favor of an artificial one is ...