

By Kathy Graves
The 1986 National Christmas Tree was a 54-foot Shasta Red Fir from the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County, California. The tree’s theme was “Mother Goose Christmas.” President Reagan, along with his wife Nancy and Justice Byron White, lit the tree at the White House.

A man known as “Big Ed” ran the Ken-Del Christmas Tree ranch in Tennant, California. His…





