Artificial Christmas trees have been around since the early
1800s in other countries, and became popular in the United
States in the early 1900s. In the beginning, artificial trees
were made to resemble natural trees, however, over time,
artificial trees have evolved and delved into an exploration of
a more modern and personalized way to represent the holiday
season. Did you know that traditionally, Christmas trees were
not brought in and decorated until Christmas Eve and then
removed the day after the twelfth night, January 6th. In fact,
it was considered bad luck to have your Christmas tree up before
or after these dates. The Feather Tree is considered one of the
first artificial Christmas trees. It began in German around 1845
as the alternative to a live tree, mostly because Germany had
concerns of deforestation due to harvesting live trees for
Christmas. The tree was made from metal wire or sticks that were
covered with goose, turkey, ostrich or swan feathers, that were
died green to look like pine needle