With Christmas Trees in Short Supply, Hawaiians Improvise
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A severe shortage has turned the normally placid ritual of selecting a holiday pine into a frenzy of driving, phone calling and even surfing the Internet.
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Despite a dustup in Seattle over whether Christmas trees and menorahs have a place in that city's airport, both were put up this season at airports throughout the Hawaiian islands without controversy.
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ENGLEWOOD, Pa. - A woman who hurled last year's Christmas tree out in the yard when an opossum popped out, scaring her teenaged daughter, said the family will stick with an artificial tree at least for this year.
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Booming commercial construction is sparking demand for ornamental trees, leading to a 44 percent increase in the price of a pear tree, which helped push the price for buying all the items in the "The Twelve Days of Christmas," up 3.1 percent in 2006, according to a recent study.
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The holiday season keeps the Hansen family busy harvesting, shipping and selling thousands of Christmas trees. However, this year the Hansens, along with 12
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TRAVERSE CITY - It may not replace cherries as the region&#39;s signature farm crop, but the area&#39;s Christmas tree industry is sprucing up all the same.
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Subscribers to Idahoâs Lewiston Tribune  did not need to be the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree to notice something odd on the front page Dec. 13.
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But to Christmas tree farmers like the owners of Butler Tree Farm in Dowagiac and Pinecrest Farms in Galien, it&#39;s much, much more.
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Joe Sharp has traveled the world but says he has never found a more perfect Christmas tree than in Oregon, the nation&#39;s largest producer in a $791 million industry and a leader in the effort to revive the holiday market for live trees.
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NIPOMO, Calif. - Sheila Kearns had a Christmas tree delivered to her home on Sunday. She says she thought she'd been pricked by pine needles when she reached into the tree while decorating it. But the next morning, she found a bat hanging upside down in her home.
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-- a popular choice for Christmas trees -- may prove effective in fighting arthritis and pain, confirms The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Faced with the growing tide of imported Christmas trees, Mexico has set a goal of growing its own. It's not so much a nationalistic stance as a tacit acknowledgment that the Christmas tree, once alien to Mexican tradition, is here to stay.
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By Joe Chapman, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Jun. 23--The apricot tree in Frank Requist's backyard has produced many a sweet treat and jars of jam for his friends and neighbors over the years.
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In Kenya, elections mean money. From cash to T-shirts to new roads, and the lucrative business of helping aspirants by fair means or foul, Christmas has come early in the east African nation.
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By Nzong Xiong, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 9--Many local nurseries are receiving their new bare-root fruit trees from now through the end of January.
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By Donna Vavala, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 10--Bob Silverio has an expensive, little hobby -- growing bonsai trees. About five years ago, a co-worker gave Silverio a small bonsai tree for his birthday.  "I didn't want it to die, so I did a lot of research," he said.
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OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants people who bought an artificial Christmas tree made by Polytree Hong Kong Co. this year to return it to the store after the holidays.