page_title: Artificial Christmas tree
section_title: Aluminum
hierarchical_section_title: Artificial Christmas tree / Types of artificial trees / Aluminum
caption_attribution_description: English: An aluminum Christmas tree in Bellevue, Washington, USA.
context_page_description: An artificial Christmas tree is an artificial pine or fir tree manufactured for the specific purpose of use as a Christmas tree. The earliest artificial Christmas trees were wooden, tree-shaped pyramids or feather trees, both developed by Germans. Most modern trees are made of polyvinyl chloride but many other types of trees have been and are available, including aluminum Christmas trees and fiber-optic illuminated Christmas trees.
context_section_description: Aluminium Christmas trees are a type of artificial tree that are made largely from aluminium. The trees were manufactured in the United States, first in Chicago in 1958, and later in Manitowoc, Wisconsin where the majority of the trees were produced. Aluminum trees were manufactured into the 1970s, and had their height of popularity from their inception until about 1965. That year A Charlie Brown Christmas aired for the first time, and its negative portrayal of aluminium Christmas trees is credited for a subsequent decline in sales.
caption: An aluminium Christmas tree
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