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Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees

Real Christmas trees are plantation grown on American Family farms, making an important economic contribution to many rural communities in the United States.
Real Christmas trees are plantation grown on American Family farms, making an important economic contribution to many rural communities in the United States.
Real Christmas trees are plantation grown on American Family farms, making an important economic contribution to many rural communities in the United States.
Real Christmas trees are plantation grown on American Family farms, making an important economic contribution to many rural communities in the United States.
Real Christmas trees are plantation grown on American Family farms, making an important economic contribution to many rural communities in the United States.
Real Christmas trees are plantation grown on American Family farms, making an important economic contribution to many rural communities in the United States.
Fake Christmas trees are made in Korea, Taiwan, or China. Importing artificial trees contributes to the US trade deficit.
Fake Christmas trees are made from nonrenewable plastics. The manufacture of petroleum-based plastics use up natural resources. Once used, they are gone forever.
Furthermore, the manufacture of both plastic and metal components in the tree consume energy and create pollution.
The average use of a Fake Christmas tree is only 6 or 7 years. Eventually, they all go to the landfill as garbage.
Fake Christmas trees are not biodegradable. The plastics and metals that they contain, including lead, will remain in our landfills for centuries.
Three Asian wood-boring beetle species have been imported to America on the wooden trunks of Fake trees. Undetected, these insects could attack native forest trees and lumber.
Fake Christmas trees are made in Korea, Taiwan, or China. Importing artificial trees contributes to the US trade deficit.
Some consumers have suffered an allergic reaction to materials in their Fake tree.
When a Fake Christmas tree catches fire, it releases dangerous toxic fumes into the home.

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White House Christmas Tree

 White House Selects Blue Room Christmas Tree.

October 20, 2005

A beautiful 18 1/2 foot tall Fraser fir tree from North Carolina will be the Official White House Christmas Tree this season. The Blue Room Christmas Tree will be officially presented to First Lady Laura Bush by Earl, Betsy and Buddy Deal of Smokey Holler Tree Farm in Laurel Springs, N.C. The Deals earned this honor by winning the National Christmas Tree Association’s (NCTA) national Christmas Tree contest and becoming Grand Champions.

“The last time a Christmas Tree from North Carolina was displayed in the White House was in 1997,” Gary Walters said. “This beautiful Fraser fir from the Deal family is the perfect tree to continue this long-standing White House tradition.”

“We had tagged this one hoping it would be the one picked,” Earl Deal said, referring to the Fraser fir selected as the 2005 Blue Room Tree. “This is a dream come true. I think every Christmas Tree grower hopes that they will someday provide a tree to the White House, but it’s still hard to believe that it will ever happen to you.

Achieving this honor was no easy feat for the Deals. In order to be eligible to enter the national contest, they first had to compete in their state association competition. The Deals’ Fraser fir then competed against 22 other entries at the national competition in Lake Harmony, Penn., in order to earn the opportunity to present the Blue Room Tree for display in the White House. But the family agrees that it was worth all the time and effort involved. “There is no higher honor in this business,” Earl said. “This whole experience has been extremely humbling for our family,” Earl said.

“We feel that we are not only representing our farm but also the entire Christmas Tree industry, and we are so grateful for this opportunity.”

Christmas Trees in the News

 White House Selects Blue Room Christmas Tree.