
In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, a family searches for a tree in the only Christmas tree farm in Kodiak, Alaska. At first glance, Kodiak may seem like the perfect place to find a Christmas tree. But Kodiak's native spruce trees are not the ideal Christmas material. In 2006, Todd Dorman converted a Bells Flats property previously used to raise pigs into a tree farm. He planted more than 30 varieties of trees, unsure of which would be successful in the island's wet climate. (Iris Samuels/Kodiak Daily Mirror via AP)
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