Talk:Aluminum Christmas tree

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A fact from Aluminum Christmas tree appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 December 2008, and was viewed approximately 7,913 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1965 broadcast of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is credited with ending the era of the aluminum Christmas tree (pictured)?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/December.

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Picture

Can we get a better picture? The current one is fuzzy and of only a part of the tree, and to me looks little different from modern chains that go on some decorated trees. A picture of the entire "aluminium tree" would be much appreciated.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 11:43, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Concur, I will look for one, anyone who has one of these trees please help us. :-) --IvoShandor (talk) 13:47, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I found a bunch of CC 2.0 stuff on Flickr and uploaded it to commons, added different pics to the article as well as {{commonscat}}. --IvoShandor (talk) 14:56, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Timespan

I recall seeing one in the early to mid 1990s in Chile. It also played Xmas tunes (highly annoying) so I don't think it was a vintage one. Perhaps they retained popularity outside the US for longer. // Liftarn (talk) 14:43, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Entirely possible, I haven't seen any published sources that imply such but that doesn't mean they don't exist. I'll keep a look out. IvoShandor (talk) 14:52, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Source(s)

This obituary from the Chicago Tribune has possible use for citation in the manufacturing subsection. It mentions another company involved in the mass production of aluminum Christmas trees besides the aforementioned Chicago company (which I understand handmade them and they were expensive) and the Wisconsin company famous for them. If I find any other sources that might be of use, I will place them in this section. IvoShandor (talk) 07:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Uncited graf

I've removed the following uncited paragraph after it was in the article for a year with a citation needed tag and none was forthcoming. It can always be restored if someone digs up a source.

During the 2000s, it has become common to see metallic trees made of the same tinsel used for garland.^{[citation needed]} Rarely are these full-sized trees, but more typically they are small desktop-sized trees, often pre-lighted as they are safe to use with mini lights (although to this day, lights still come with outdated UL warnings not to use them on metallic trees)^{[citation needed]}. Full-sized trees are also sold in nonmetallic "designer" colors (black, orange, blue, pink, etc.).^{[citation needed]}

IvoShandor (talk) 02:28, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]