What is the real Christmas tree and where does it grow? Know here

Christmas Day is a big day for the people of Christianity. This day is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ. On this day people go to the church to pray. People celebrate this day with pomp and enthusiasm. On this day Santa Claus and Christmas trees are considered an important part of this day. On Christmas day Santa Claus gives gifts to children. On Christmas day people party together, people also decorate their homes.

To decorate the house, people put up a Christmas tree and decorate it beautifully with gifts, belts, lights, and cotton snow. They also put stickers on Santa Claus and Christmas trees and decorate them in many ways. But the most important among all these is the Christmas tree. Offices, schools, and shopping malls are also decorated by putting up Christmas trees.

You must have noticed that artificial Christmas trees are planted in most places. In such a situation, many people have a desire to know about this tree. Today we will tell you some special things related to the Christmas tree, which tree is and where it grow.

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The real Christmas tree is of the 'fir' species, which mainly grows in cool and temperate regions i.e. where the weather is neither too hot nor too cold. It is known as a Christmas tree or fir tree. Christmas is called pine tree in Hindi. There are many types of these trees, out of which Douglas fir, Virginia pine, Fraser fir, balsam fir, white spruce, Colorado spruce, and Norway spruce are quite famous. 'Norwegian fir', 'blue spruce', and 'balsam fir' are most commonly used for decoration on the occasion of Christmas.

Where are they found?

Evergreen trees like spruce, pine and cedar are used for Christmas trees. These trees are found in cold areas. These trees are found more in the Himalayan regions. Evergreen cedar trees are found in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir. They are also found in Chakrata in Shimla, Dalhousie, Dehradun. Apart from this, balsam fir and other types of fir trees grow in cold places like Canada and the United States.