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DD_XmasTreeFacts.sPubDate = "12/13/2004 10:28:14 PM GMT";
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DD_XmasTreeFacts.sTitle = "Daily Diversion: Facts and figures on Christmas trees";
DD_XmasTreeFacts.appDeck = "<font size=3 color=#000000><b>Facts and figures on Christmas trees</b></font><p><ul><li>Approximately 25 million-30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the nation every year.<br><li>Approximately 330,000 real Christmas trees are sold via e-commerce or catalog and shipped to the customer<br><li>North American real Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states and Canada. Eighty percent of artificial trees are manufactured in China. <br><li>There are about 500,000 acres in production for growing Christmas trees in the United States. Each acre can provide the daily oxygen requirement for 18 people. <br><li>There are about 21,000 Christmas tree growers in the United States, and more than 100,000 people employed full- or part-time in the industry. <br><li>It can take as much as 15 years to grow a tree of average retail sale height (6-7 feet) or as little as four years, but the average growing time is seven years.<br><li>The top Christmas tree-producing states are Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.<br><li>The top-selling Christmas trees are balsam fir, Douglas fir, fraser fir, noble fir, Scotch pine, Virginia pine and white pine.";
DD_XmasTreeFacts.appFooter = "Source: National Christmas Tree Association";
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