North Carolina is the nation’s second-largest producer of Christmas trees. Sarah Curry offered that fact and many others during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society about the Christmas tree industry in the Tar Heel State.

In the video clip below, Curry discusses the process that led to the Fraser fir’s emergence as the state’s No. 1 Christmas tree.

1:55 p.m. update: Click play below to watch the full 44:35 event.

You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.