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By SlexAxton:

On Christmas day in 2415,
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now celebrated in the mid-summer, the Free Allied People's Republic (comprising mostly of states from the current US, sans the Dakotas, the Federation of Micronesia, and the newly formed Antarctic State) finally lifted the 74 year ban on Christmas trees.

They had initially been banned due to the deteriorating state of the environment, which was caused mostly by a plasma manufacturing mishap in the 2200s (the reason why the Dakotas never made it into the Republic), but thanks to a crack-team of scientists, on June 24th, 2415, people were finally able to synthesize their own trees again and celebrate the good ol' fashioned way.

This led to what is known as the 'Post-Non-Conifer Era.'

That's where our story begins:

_to_ _be_ _continued..._