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An artificial Christmas is artificial fir and pine tree. There are also aluminum and fiber optic trees. The first artificial Christmas tree was made by the Germans during the 19th century.
The first artificial Christmas trees were made of metal wire covered with goose feathers in Germany, because Germans wanted to protect their forests.
Generally, a Christmas tree is a pine tree. However, Christmas trees can be made from many different things. There are ceramic Christmas trees, artificial trees made from plastic and metal, trees made from feathers, ribbons, pine cones, fabric, etc.
White Christmas trees or any other type of artificial Christmas trees are usually made from a non toxic plastic substance with a great resistance to heat and fire.
Artificial Christmas trees are made by first starting with a steel skeleton and then workers build it in sections and bake them to set the coating . Then they put the pieces together and shred green PVC plastic to look like fringe and then finish constructing the artificial tree.
Christmas trees are either artificially made or natural. You can buy white artificial trees or buy green trees are natural or artificial. If you're tree is green, I strongly suspect that it's never been white before so I advise you not to turn your tree to white.
Christmas trees are real trees.
The first 'Christmas Tree' was originally a Yew Branch, and from there evolved into the use of Pine or Fir trees.
The usual material made to make artificial Christmas trees is Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC). Other options include: PE trees (three dimensional needles made out of moulded plastic), and Flocked trees which have a frosting design to make the tree look like it's covered with snow.
Yes, people in Sweden have Christmas trees. The first Swedish Christmas trees were decorated with candles. Later they made their own decorations out of paper and straw.
Lead comes from the earth. Of course, everglades (real Christmas trees) are made from the earth, so during the time that the trees were growing, lead contaminated it. If you have an artificial tree, during the making, packaging, or shipping lead may have entered it. It could also be the fact that the materials ( plastics, coloring, ect.) made from the earth could of contained lead.
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