Artificial Christmas Trees

Nothing signifies the arrival of Christmas into a revelers home like the arrival of the annual Christmas tree. Christmas trees have their origin in Germany where trees were first harvested, decorated and displayed in homes for celebration of the winter solstice. In keeping with the tradition of Christmas celebration innovation, the first artificial Christmas trees were also introduced in Germany around the late 1800’s. The first artificial Christmas trees were metal wires covered with goose, ostrich, swan or turkey feathers. Germany accounts for many of the innovations in decorated Christmas trees including tinsel, the first tinsel was made by machines that shredded silver into tinsel size strips.

It wasn’t until the middle of the twentieth century that mass produced artificial Christmas trees really became a credible option for consumers. In the 1930’s, an American toilet brush manufacturing company came up with the idea that modified toilet brushes could pass as a close second to a Christmas tree. They retooled their assembly process a bit and the first mass produced artificial Christmas trees hit the American market. Since that time artificial Christmas trees have come a long way in their design and manufacture. Advances in manufacturing technology and materials sciences have helped the artificial Christmas tree manufacturers reach new heights in realism and authenticity. Modern artificial Christmas trees often pass as fresh cut tress in appearance and with the use of artificial scents; many consumers enjoy the natural aroma of a fresh cut tree without the fresh cut’s maintenance hassle.

A relative new comer to the artificial tree market is the fiber optic Christmas tree. This design incorporates the latest fiber optic technology with the traditional look of a manufactured tree. The technology of the fiber optic Christmas tree allows the consumer to illuminate the tree using advanced technology to light different colored lights in the fiber optics. This technology gives the tree a whole new appeal and beauty as hues from fiber optics can light a tree in ways traditionally decorated trees could never achieve.