Kids’ N.J-themed ornaments chosen to hang on Christmas tree display at the White House
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
Ornament designs featured belong to Amy Moradel Dominguez, 10, Cassie Dembeski, 9, Erin Grady, 9, Lydia Hammill, 13, Brooke Kadezabek, 11, Sarah Latham, 12, Trinity Molter, 13, Letzi Reyes, 13, Jacob Tomson, 11, Lauren Ritchie, 9, Molly Domurat, 12, and Rosemary Domurat, 8.Josh Axelrod | NJ Advance Media
Facebook Share
Christmas came early this year for 12 talented New Jersey students, who were invited to the White House to see their ornament designs featured in the National Christmas Tree Display.
More than 100 Delaware Township School students entered the school art contest, with a dozen of the hand-drawn ornament designs selected to adorn the National Park Services’
Texas researchers run down the plusses to getting a real tree
By
Stephen O Shea, Texas A&M Forest Service
The Texas A&M
Forest Service is shedding light on the benefits of having a
real Christmas tree this year.
An
average of 20-25 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year,
or roughly one tree for every five households, according to Marsha Gray of
the Christmas Tree Promotion Board. Nationally,
the real Christmas tree industry also employs around 100,000 people.
“Christmas
trees are grown in all 50 states,” Gray said. “But the top producing regions
are centered around Oregon, North Carolina and Michigan.”
Why I chopped down my own Christmas tree from Tahoe National Forest
FacebookTwitterEmail
1of9
2of9
3of9
4of9
5of9
6of9
7of9
8of9
9of9
It’s a Sunday morning and I’m driving by the river and through the woods to chop down my very own Christmas tree. It is a blue sky day, sunny and crisp. The pandemic is raging, but in this moment, I m intentionally not checking the news or Twitter. A Charlie Brown Christmas is playing on the stereo. My husband and I are wrapped in layers of red flannel, cable knit sweaters and puffy jackets. The Santa hat on my dog’s head is barely hanging on.
wfrank@altoonamirror.com
12/02/20 Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Brothers Josh (left) and Matt Dumm of Kline s Tree Farm outside of Carrolltown carry a Christmas tree to be bailed for a customer on Wednesday afternoon.
Some area growers say their supply of live Christmas trees is down again this year.
The number of Christmas tree farms in central Pennsylvania has been declining, according to Thomas G. Ford, commercial horticulture educator for Penn State Extension.
“When you factor in the loss of the available Christmas tree inventory because of owner retirement and add in the loss of inventory due to diseases like needle cast, the supply of Christmas trees in our area will be relatively tight,” Ford said.