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Fake snow at a filming location for the Doctor Who 2013 Christmas Special. When snow-like scenery is needed in live theatre, materials have included feathers, cotton, paper, breakfast cereal and potato flakes. [4] To reduce the cleanup problem, many theatres use "snow generators" which create soapy white bubbles which disappear after a short ...
Fiber optic trees come in two major varieties, one resembles a traditional Christmas tree. [17] The other type of fiber optic Christmas tree is one where the entire tree is made of wispy fiber optic cable, a tree composed entirely of light. [17] David Gutshall, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, received a patent for the latter type of fiber optic ...
However, it can be hard to tell which artificial Christmas trees are worth buying, especially since so many retailers only sell them online. To help you find the best holiday decor for your home ...
Many aluminum trees utilized a rotating color wheel which projected colored light up through the tree from the floor. Aluminum Christmas trees consisted of aluminum branches attached to a wooden or aluminum central pole. [1] The central pole had holes drilled into at angles so when the aluminum foil branches were attached they formed a tree ...
Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into ...
A Christmas tree inside a home, with the top of the tree containing a decoration symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. [18]The Christmas tree was first used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas tree was placed in the Cathedral of Strassburg in 1539, under the leadership of the Protestant Reformer, Martin Bucer.
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Cut evergreen trees were used in 1923 and from 1954 to 1972. Living trees were used from 1924 to 1953, and again from 1973 to the present (2011). In the list below, the height of the cut tree is the height of the tree when raised at the White House. The height of the living tree is the height when it was first planted.