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• Artificial Christmas trees originated in Germany in the late 1800s. Metal wire trees were covered with goose, turkey, ostrich or swan feathers. The feathers were often dyed green to imitate pine needles.

• In the 1930s, the Addis Brush Co. created the first artificial-brush tree with the same machinery used to produce toilet brushes. The Addis “Silver Pine” tree was patented in 1950 and designed to have a revolving light source under it. Colored gels allowed the light to shine in different shades as it revolved under the tree.
  
  
• In 2002, 21 percent of U.S. households had a real tree, 48 percent had an artificial tree and the remainder had no tree.
  
  

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