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When Theodore Roosevelt was in office, he banned Christmas trees from the White House because he thought that Christmas tree harvesting was depleting our National forests. His two young sons brought one into the White House and were sent to the most famous conservationist of his time, Gifford Pinchot, for a lecture. Mr. Pinchot defended the cutting of Christmas trees by saying that for every tree cut down, two are replanted, which actually replenished the forests.
Greenlight Magazine, Issue 5, November 2006
So, go get your real live christmas tree, chanukkah bush or winter solstice fern and enjoy the fresh pine smell.
