Here are some fun and interesting facts about Christmas trees and tree farms in the United States, enjoy!

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• Approximately 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in North America every year, totalling over $1.2 billion in sales.  About 78% of these are pre-cut trees and 22% cut-your-own.

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• There are more than 350 million trees growing on Christmas tree farms in the U.S. alone.

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• The top selling Christmas trees nationwide are Balsam Fir, Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, Noble Fir, Scotch Pine, Virginia Pine and White Pine.

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• One acre of Christmas trees produces the daily oxygen requirement for 18 people.

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• It can take as many as 15 years to grow a tree of average retail sale height (6 feet), but the average growing time is 7 years.

 

• North-American real Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states and Canada.  Most artificial trees are manufactured in China, Taiwan or Hong Kong.

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• For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place the following spring.

 

• There are more than 400 Ohio Christmas tree producers; more than 15,000 U.S. producers; and more than 100,000 people employed by the real Christmas tree farming industry.

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• In 1510 the first known decorated Christmas tree appeared in Riga, Latvia.  Paper, fruits and sweets adorned early Christmas trees.  The first retail Christmas tree lot was in Germany in 1531.​

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• President Pierce took the first Christmas tree into the White House in 1856.  In 1923 President Coolidge started the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, which is now celebrated every year.

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Source:  National Christmas Tree Association