Many U.S. families will go out this weekend to buy and put up their Christmas tree. While the use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred even before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the first printed reference to a decorated tree was in Germany in 1531.
Almost half of U.S. households now use an artificial tree, a third still put up and decorate a real tree, and the remaining 20 percent do not include a tree in their holiday observances.
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states and each year's crop is worth nearly half a billion dollars. North Carolina is the leading producer, followed by Oregon. China is the leading producer of artificial trees. Courtesy U.S. Census Bureau.
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