Christmas more widespread throughout Britain. By the 1870s, people in the United States had adopted the custom of putting up a Christmas tree. Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments. Since the 16th century, the poinsettia, a native plant from Mexico, has been associated with Christmas carrying the Christian symbolism of the Star of Bethlehem; in that country it is known in Spanish as the "Flower of the Holy Night". Other popular holiday plants include holly, mistletoe, red amaryllis, and Christmas cactus. Along with a Christmas tree, the interior of a home may be decorated with these plants, along
Christmas tree production in Mexico of the species Mexican White Pine ("Pinus Ayacahuite"), Mexican Pinyon ("Pinus Cembroides"), and Sacred Fir (Oyamel - "Abies Religiosa"). In 2011 the USDA included a more exhaustive list in a report of Mexican tree farming that included: Mexican White Pine ("Pinus ayacahuite"), Douglas Fir, Mexican Pinyon, Sacred Fir, and the Aleppo Pine ("Pinus halepensis"). Christmas in Mexico Christmas tree production in Mexico Until the 1990s most Christmas tree production in Mexico was limited to what could be taken from natural forests. Beginning in the 1990s trees were grown on plantations and in nurseries. By 2008 Mexico produced 800,000 Christmas trees