The data displays a timeline of the purchase figures of real and fake Christmas trees in the U.S. from 2004 to 2016. The sales figures from the National Christmas Tree Association show that throughout the years, Americans have preferred to put their presents under a real Christmas tree - in 2016, for example, they purchased 27.4 million real Christmas trees, while only 18.6 million fake trees were sold.
Christmas and Christmas trees in the United StatesUsually a decorated evergreen conifer, the Christmas tree is traditionally associated with the widely celebrated holiday of Christmas.
2004 | 27.1 | 9 |
2005 | 32.8 | 9.3 |
2006 | 28.6 | 9.3 |
2007 | 31.3 | 17.4 |
2008 | 28.2 | 11.7 |
2009 | 28.2 | 11.7 |
2010 | 27 | 8.2 |
2011 | 30.8 | 9.5 |
2012 | 24.5 | 10.9 |
2013 | 33.02 | 14.7 |
2014 | 26.3 | 13.9 |
2015 | 25.9 | 12.5 |
2016 | 27.4 | 18.6 |