·         Real Trees are a renewable, recyclable resource. Artificial trees contain non-biodegradable plastics and possible metal toxins such as lead.

·         It can take as many as 15 years to grow a tree of typical 6-7 feet or as little as 4 years, but the average growing time is 7 years.

·         An acre of Christmas trees provides enough daily oxygen for the requirements of 18 people.

·         The best selling trees are Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Fraser fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and white pine.

·         The use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred before the birth of Christ.

·         The first Christmas trees weren't decorated as the modern tree with lights and glass ornaments.  These trees adorned simple decorations made of paper and fruits.

·         In 1882, Thomas Edison’s laboratory assistants introduced the first electrically-lit Christmas tree.  It had 80 bulbs.

·         Real Christmas trees are an all-American product, grown in all 50 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.  Most artificial trees are manufactured in Korea, Taiwan, or Hong Kong.

·         In the United States, there are around a half billion Real Christmas Trees growing on farms.

·         In the United States, there are more than 12,000 cut-your-own farms.

·         In 1979, the National Christmas Tree was not lighted except for the top ornament in honor of the American hostages in Iran.

·         Growing Christmas trees provides a habitat for wildlife.

·         Recycled trees are used to make sand and soil erosion barriers and also placed in ponds for fish shelter.