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  • Do you have a real or fake Christmas tree? Fake? Gross. Don’t you know that most fake

  • trees are fabricated in China with a bunch of chemicals and that you probably hate Christmas.

  • ...I have a fake tree too. I don’t feel good about it. It’s just so convenient.

  • Guys, lets talk about the wonderful world of Christmas trees and how they affect the

  • world around us. According to numbers compiled and crunched by the USDA National Agricultural

  • Statistics Service and the NCTAthat’s the National Christmas Tree Associationnot

  • to be confused with the National Cat Tickling Alliancethe number of trees sacrificed

  • in the name of festive merriment each year, in the US alone is around 25 to 33 million.

  • Now, these numbers were procured from the thousands of Christmas tree retailers in the

  • states, but the stats don’t account for the rugged traditionalists that trudge through

  • mounds of bone-chilling snow in the wilderness, braving the elements to cut down their own

  • dang tree cause that’s how their daddy did it. 84% of the 33 million trees are of the

  • pre-cut types found on Christmas tree lots, or inside garden centers, or even over the

  • internet because we live in some weird future society where you can do that apparently,

  • while the remaining 16% fell victim to those who purchase their trees from choose and cut

  • lots, which are tree farms where you choose your wooden prize and cut it down with your

  • own two hands. Exciting. Now, 33 million sounds like an alarming number of trees whacked down

  • in the name of presents, and it is a lot, but remember, theyre harvested from tree

  • farms and the stock is constantly replenished, 1 to 3 saplings for every timber cried out

  • into the cold winter night. In fact, according to the NCTA 350 million trees are thriving

  • on tree farms from over 15,000 growers in America right now. Remember, were just

  • talking the United States, if we add Europe to the arbor carnage, that’s an extra 50

  • to 60 million chopped for Christmas. Money-wise, each year, when it comes to x-mas trees, Americans,

  • on average, drop somewhere around a billy. That’s a lazy way of saying a billion dollars.

  • Now, it’s important to point out that there are a lot of pros and cons associated with

  • Christmas Tree farming. Pro x-mas tree farm people point out that the farms create thriving

  • habitats for wildlife, not just with a thick abundance of trees, but with private ponds

  • and waterways as well. The trees also stabilize soil and pump out all sorts of oxygen into

  • the air. And we like oxygen. Christmas tree opponents bah-humbug the situation and highlight

  • the use of pesticides and fertilizers that ferry harmful chemicals into surrounding environments.

  • That’s not good. It’s feliz navibad. There could also be a negative effect on the biodiversity

  • of an area if all you got is just row after row of douglas fir, which happens to be one

  • of the most popular types of trees harvested for the season, along with the fraser fir,

  • balsam fir, Colorado Blue Spruce, Scottish Pine, Virginia Pine, and the Eastern Red Cedar,

  • but in the end, choice really comes down to what region of the world you spend the holidays.

  • So everyone, what type of tree do you sing carols around every year? Fake? Real? Spruce?

  • Fir? Do you do that cool upside down tree thing that some people do? Enchant us with

  • your Christmas traditions down below and don’t forget to subscribe.

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    Cheng-Hong Liu 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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