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Interesting Facts about Christmas Trees

• An acre of Christmas trees can provide the daily oxygen requirements of at least 18 persons !

• You would be surprised to know that usage of Christmas trees (then called evergreen trees) began even before the birth of Christ .It was widely used to celebrate winter season !

• Teddy Roosevelt banned the Christmas trees from White House for environmental reasons

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Interesting Facts about Christmas Trees

•The first decorated Christmas tree was in Liga,Latvia in 1510 !

•The most popular Christmas trees are :Scotch pine,Douglas fir ,Noble fir & Fraser fir & white pine.

•Besides evergreens, cherry and hwqthorns were used as Christmas trees in the past

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Interesting Facts about Christmas Trees

•Usage of small candles to light a Christmas tree started in 17th century ! Later on ,it was Edison’s (inventor of Electric bulb) assitant,Edward Johnson , who came up with the idea of using electric lights for Christmas Trees in 1882 .They were first mass produced in 1890.

•Denmark is a major producer of live Christmas trees whereas China is the largest producer of artificial Christmas trees !

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