• Christmas tree lots have sprouted up around the holidays since 1850 (though not, until recently, in front of local shopping plazas).

• The most popular Christmas trees include the Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Fraser fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir, and white pine.

• There are Christmas tree farms in all 50 states - and 98 percent of the Christmas trees available for sale are grown on those farms.

(Source: University of Illinois Extension)

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