Holiday Trees

[caddymac]

Thank you for that information.

 

[stv21s]

Que interesante... How interesting.

Ryan

 

[Homoerectus]

I have Christian, Moslem and Jewish acquaintances? I wish my Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah or Happy Passover? I wish my oslem friends a Joyous Ramadan? I wish my Christian friends Merry Christmas? I put up a Christmas tree every year.

 

[BigDestiny]

So it's 'Joyous' Ramadan, then? I've always wondered about that, since all I've ever heard is Krusty the Klown's 'solemn and dignified Ramadan'.

In addition to chipping them up to use for mulch, etc., other uses have also been found for used "real" Christmas trees. They have been dumped into the water as erosion breaks to help restore degraded coastal wetlands, for example.

Maybe we should be sending our used Christmas trees to New Orleans, then.

 

[jdb2001]

...I put up a Christmas tree every year.

Me too, I have never put up a holiday tree, just a Christmas tree!

 

[Christopher123]

I put up a small one, maybe only about 4' tall. I'm too lazy to decorate anything bigger

Oh, and it's a fake one. Don't know if that's anymore environment-friendly than the real ones, but that's what I use.

 

[eddielee]

A few years back I was visiting the town of Jefferson in western NC. They grow thousands of Christmas trees in that area. I can certainly say that buying a fresh tree doesn't hurt the forest and it helps the farmer. Douglas Firs are the main type they grow. There are Christmas tree farms in my are that grow Scotch Pines.

 

[Christopher123]

^ Artificial, Fresh cut, or Living?

You may have posted that before I edited to answer the original question

But it's artificial.

 

[Christopher123]

A few years back I was visiting the town of Jefferson in western NC. They grow thousands of Christmas trees in that area. I can certainly say that buying a fresh tree doesn't hurt the forest and it helps the farmer. Douglas Firs are the main type they grow. There are Christmas tree farms in my are that grow Scotch Pines.

Aren't there a lot of places that go for the big huge trees and just cut the tops off? Instead of chopping down the whole tree?

I'd think that would be better, but I don't know if it actually hurts the tree or not, I haven't really done any research on that.

 

[Christopher123]

LOL, yes, I caught you, you caught me, now I caught you again.

That's okay

I use my same old tree that I've used for years. Actually it was given to me by someone, so I use it because they were nice enough to give it to me as a gift.

I like it, though. I like the smaller trees as opposed to the big ones.

 

[Christopher123]

Anyway, I'd rather decorate one that's living in the yard than bring one inside. The real ones can be a fire hazard.

Yeah, that's true. But then there are fire hazards everywhere... space heaters, fireplaces, extension cords.

Fire scares me. It's a big fear of mine.

But anyway! I don't do any outside decorating. Just not into it, usually.

 

[eddielee]

Aren't there a lot of places that go for the big huge trees and just cut the tops off? Instead of chopping down the whole tree?

I'd think that would be better, but I don't know if it actually hurts the tree or not, I haven't really done any research on that.

Christmas tree farms are constantly replanting trees. Each farm will have several fields with trees in various stages. When suitable sized trees are cut, they are replaced with new trees. Cutting the top out of a tree injures the tree and exposes it to destructive insects. A new top, suitable for cutting, will not grow again. It also would take many years for a tree to get large enough.

 

[Christopher123]

Christmas tree farms are constantly replanting trees. Each farm will have several fields with trees in various stages. When suitable sized trees are cut, they are replaced with new trees. Cutting the top out of a tree injures the tree and exposes it to destructive insects. A new top, suitable for cutting, will not grow again. It also would take many years for a tree to get large enough.

Thanks for that, wasn't sure about the deal of cutting the tops off of trees. I kinda figured it may expose it to the bad elements. Which sucks.