It's time to discuss one of the perennial debates of the holiday season: Which are more eco-friendly, real trees or their fake counterparts? If you ask Tim O'Connor, executive director of the National ...

As I waited in the car last weekend, I watched Christmas trees being unloaded onto a lot, and I was captivated by such a pleasant sight. The trees were green and fresh, and looked pretty and healthy.

Christmas is just around the corner, and that means that it's nearly time to trim your Christmas tree. And maybe you already have your tree up! But whether you're waiting until after Thanksgiving or ...

Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it – by the 16th century when sources record devout Christians bringing decorated trees into their homes. As with all ...

Peggy’s tree is our Christmas story to you, but this blue spruce’s story began on a spring day in 1982. Ronald Reagan was president, gas cost $1.22 a gallon and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” was ...

If you are preparing to decorate your home for the holidays, start early, with a major importer of decorative holiday goods ...

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Every December throughout my childhood, my father would rise from the couch on a Sunday afternoon and tell us that it was time to chop down the Christmas tree. But the Walsh men are not outdoorsmen; ...