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Christmas trees grow slowly, about 12 to 14 inches a year, and can take 10 years to go from seed to harvest. Most trees he plants are 3 to 5 years old by the time he buys them from nurseries.

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A shooting on Christmas Day left two teens dead. Police made one arrest in the case, but say the suspected shooter disappeared. They’ve been looking for 18-year-old Jeremiah Taylor ever since.