Singing Christmas Tree upon the location. Since then, the singing Christmas tree concept has spread to Canada, the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland and Sri Lanka. The most attended tree takes place in Knoxville, Tennessee, with 60,000 attendees in 2007. The first Christmas trees came to the United States in the 1740s from Moravian (now part of the Czech Republic) settlers. In 1851, the first commercial tree lot in the United States was set up in New York City. President of the United States Franklin Pierce set up the first Christmas tree in the White House in 1856. Artificial trees were first developed in
Franklin Pierce Holland Franklin Pierce Holland Franklin Pierce Holland (September 22, 1852 – January 18, 1928), publisher, was mayor of Dallas in 1895–97. Franklin Pierce Holland was born September 22, 1852 in Galveston, Texas to Dr. Gustavus Holland, a native of Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany and Evelyn Compton of Louisiana. He married Pamelia Allen, daughter of Joseph D. Allen and Pamelia Roberts on 25 Dec 1877 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas. They had six children: Franklin P. Holland, Jr., Reginald Vincent Holland, Ira Holland, Augusta Holland, J. Porter Holland, and Marsh W. Holland. Following his schooling at Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, F. P. Holland