Real Christmas Trees Outsell Fakes But Fake Tree Sales Growing Faster
MSNBC reports that artificial tree sales surged over 80% in 2007.
In 2007, 17.4 million people bought artificial Christmas trees -- a whopping 87 percent jump from the previous year's total of 9.3 million, according to a survey conducted for the National Christmas Tree Association, whose members are farmers and retailers of real trees. Rick Dungey, a spokesman for the association, could not explain the huge jump and said it seemed to be a statistical anomaly, although the margin of error for the survey is only 3.1 percent.
While live trees are still outselling fake ones, with about 31.3 million bought last year, all signs indicate their artificial counterparts are becoming a bigger and bigger piece of the Christmas tree buying pie.
Even though artificial tree sales are growing faster they are still outsold each year by real trees. There are expected to be 25 to 30 million live trees sold this year. The National Christmas Association dispels ten myths about Christmas trees that may help those who are trying to make a decision about whether to go with a real tree or an artificial tree.
Here's a video featuring advice from P. Allen Smith about how to decorate a tree. We used to watch P. Allen Smith when he gave gardening advice on the Weather Channel. He also has some advice for making wreaths on his website. In the clip P. Allen Smith decorates trees for three different budgets: $50, $75 and $150. Take a look:
