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Aluminum Christmas tree
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<p>An aluminum Christmas tree is a type of <a href="/facts/Artificial_Christmas_tree/a6FwztrL">artificial Christmas tree</a> that was popular in the United States from 1958 until about the mid-1960s. As its name suggests, the tree is made of <a href="/facts/Aluminium/7wmR8jYE">aluminum</a>, featuring foil needles and illumination from below via a rotating <a href="/facts/Color_wheel_(optics)/QkLcLMlq">color wheel</a>. </p><p>The aluminum Christmas tree was used as a symbol of the commercialization of <a href="/facts/Christmas/EsuI0Gds">Christmas</a> in the 1965 <a href="/facts/Television_special/TzTS0BMM">television special</a>, <i><a href="/facts/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas/VyYXKHVv">A Charlie Brown Christmas</a></i>, which discredited its suitability as a holiday decoration. By the mid-2000s aluminum trees found a secondary market online, often selling for high premiums. The trees have also appeared in museum collections. </p>