christmas tree tips & festive facts

Tips on caring for your real tree

To display the trees indoors, use a stand with an adequate water holding capacity for the tree. As a general rule, stands should provide 1 quart of water per inch of stem diameter. Devices are available that help maintain a constant water level in the stand.

Stand your tree close to a power socket for the lights, but well away from radiators, heat dries the needles out, which can cause them to drop.

Check the stand daily to make sure that the level of water does not go below the base of the tree. With many stands, there can still be water in the stand even though the base of the tree is no longer submerged in water.

Never burn any part of a Christmas tree in a wood stove or fireplace.

Interesting Festive Facts

Great Britain sells about 8 million trees annually, while in the United States between 35 and 40 million trees are sold during the Christmas season.

It takes six to ten years of fighting heavy rain, wind, hail and drought to produce a mature tree.

An acre of Christmas trees provides the daily oxygen requirements of 18 people.

Artificial trees will last for six years in your home, but for centuries in landfill.