A cottage industry soon arose, with the production of these simulated holiday trees. Feather trees were created by first dyeing goose, turkey, chicken or swan feathers green, to simulate pine ...

To some, that’s a Charlie Brown tree. Others see the chance to highlight ornaments. Feather trees are a German tradition from more than a century ago. Janice Sonnen likes her four feather ...

The use of artificial trees, mainly goose feather trees, was suddenly fashionable, and a thriving industry was born. Also known as a Nuremberg tree, feather trees were made in all sizes.

“My maternal grandmother bought that feather tree in Inverness in 1932,” Ferguson said. “I remember her putting icicles on it and they had to be just so. We weren’t allowed to touch i ...