[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 341 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 341

   Designating the first full week of December in 2011 as ``National 
                         Christmas Tree Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 30, 2011

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Burr, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Casey, Ms. Cantwell, and Ms. Collins) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating the first full week of December in 2011 as ``National 
                         Christmas Tree Week''.

Whereas Christmas trees are grown in all 50 States;
Whereas Christmas trees have been sold commercially in the United States since 
        about 1850;
Whereas Edward Johnson, assistant to Thomas Edison, came up with the idea of 
        electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882;
Whereas President Calvin Coolidge started the National Christmas Tree Lighting 
        ceremony on the White House lawn in 1923;
Whereas there are close to 15,000 farms growing Christmas trees in the United 
        States;
Whereas there are approximately 100,000 people employed full or part-time in the 
        Christmas tree industry;
Whereas Christmas tree farms in the United States planted approximately 
        35,000,000 Christmas trees in 2011 to replace those harvested in 2010; 
        and
Whereas growing Christmas trees preserves green space and small family-owned 
        farms, provides habitats for wildlife, and sequesters carbon dioxide: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the first full week of December in 2011 as 
        ``National Christmas Tree Week'';
            (2) encourages the celebration of Christmas trees during 
        that week;
            (3) recognizes the role Christmas trees have played in the 
        history of the United States;
            (4) reaffirms the environmental benefits of Christmas tree 
        farms and recycled Christmas trees;
            (5) encourages the recycling of Christmas trees after the 
        holiday season; and
            (6) celebrates the joy Christmas trees bring to families 
        across the United States.
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