In Pictures: Operations during a Christmas tree harvest

There are close to 15,000 farms growing Christmas trees in the US. More than 100,000 people are employed full or part-time in the industry, according to the National Christmas Tree Association.

Signage is displayed outside Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
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A worker loads a freshly harvested Fir Christmas tree onto a truck at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
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Workers load freshly harvested Fir Christmas trees onto a truck at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
A worker loads a freshly harvested Fir Christmas tree onto a truck at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Workers load freshly harvested Fir Christmas trees onto a truck at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
A worker secures a load of freshly harvested Fir Christmas trees on a truck at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
A Fir Christmas tree stands at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
A worker carries a freshly harvested Fir Christmas tree at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
A worker uses a Howey Tree Baler Corp. machine to package trees at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Workers use a Howey Tree Baler Corp. machine to package trees at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOOMBERG
A Fir Christmas tree stands at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Workers use a Howey Tree Baler Corp. machine to package trees at Brown's Tree Farm in Muncy, Pennsylvania on Nov 23, 2016.
 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Updated
Nov 24, 2016, 03:13 PM
Published
Nov 24, 2016, 02:39 PM

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