Talk:Christmas tree

Size of Galleries

Are the galleries under the sections "Public Christmas trees" (Public Christmas trees around the world) and "Decorations" (Types of ornaments) really needed? Both are huge and can be handled differently.

1. There appears no end to the number of public Christmas trees can be in the gallery until all the countries of the world (and each city in those countries are represented). I created a Gallery page on Wikipedia Commons Public Christmas trees by county can we just added a link to it from the "Public Christmas trees" section and people can go there if they want a public Christmas tree photo fix.
2. There already is a gallery for Types of ornaments in the Christmas ornament article. Do we really need another one?

Thoughts welcome. Myotus (talk) 23:21, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Broad editing to page without clear edit summary

@Nikkimaria: Many of your edits make sense, but a few do not. However, it is the broadness of the edits and vague edit summary that is of concern. Consider breaking large edits into smaller, topic-focused ones—especially when multiple unrelated changes are made in a single edit. This makes it easier for others to review and discuss your contributions. Myotus (talk) 23:29, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Living Christmas trees: claims not supported by sources

However, when done improperly, the combination of root loss caused by digging, and the indoor environment of high temperature and low humidity is very detrimental to the tree's health; additionally, the warmth of an indoor climate will bring the tree out of its natural winter dormancy, leaving it little protection when put back outside into a cold outdoor climate. Often Christmas trees are a large attraction for living animals, including mice and spiders. Thus, the survival rate of these trees is low. When done properly, replanting provides higher survival rates.

The first source describes how an indoor environment can be harmful to the trees, but I don't see anything about the overall survival rate being low. It also doesn't say anything about mice and spiders (and I'm not sure how the presence of spiders would affect the survival of the trees). The second link is talking about how to grow trees commercially, not about how to look after them or keep them indoors after purchase. It does mention problems caused by "rodents and insects", but that is more about how damage to the trees can affect their appearance and hence their commercial value, not about things that can kill them after purchase. This section needs rewriting, or at least better sources. (The overall survival rate being low sounds plausible, but needs an actual source. The mention of mice and spiders is probably irrelevant and I think should be removed). Iapetus (talk) 10:54, 17 December 2025 (UTC) Iapetus (talk) 10:54, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

References

First Christmas tree at the White House

@Zdelm: I’ve reverted your claim that President Franklin Pierce put up the first White House Christmas tree in 1856, restoring the original version indicating that the first Christmas tree at the White House was under President Benjamin Harrison.

The two sources you provided were user-generated blog posts, which are generally not acceptable WP:UGC. The third source, while a newspaper article, did not cite any verifiable origins for the claim and appears to rely on the same unsourced material.

The information about President Harrison’s 1889 Christmas tree is supported by official documentation from the White House and I have added an additional citation from the White House Historical Association as well as The Library of Congress. Myotus (talk) 18:49, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

👍🏼 Zdelm (talk) 16:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)