Fraser fir this purpose. Fraser fir has been used more times as the White House Christmas tree (the official Christmas tree of the President of the United States's White House) than any other tree. It is grown in plantations in Scotland and sold by the thousands throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is also cultivated from seedlings in several northern states in the USA and adjacent parts of Quebec province, especially for the Christmas tree trade. The combination of form, needle retention, dark blue-green color, pleasant scent and excellent shipping characteristics has led to Fraser fir being a most popular Christmas
Douglas (surname) form of the given name is "Dùbhghlas"; the Irish language form it is "Dúghlas", and "Dubhghlas", which are pronounced . According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames "MacLucas", "MacLugash" (which are derived from the Gaelic "Mac Lùcais"). ---- ^ Mark Douglas professor of Christian ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary Field Marshal Robert Douglas was firstly created baron, and then count, in Sweden. His main fief was the town of Skänninge, and his wife brought in the estate where they had the manor of Stjernorp erected. His descendants generally continued to