'Tis the season for Tannenbaum. It’s just a matter of which one. The choices can seem overwhelming at first: Will a blue spruce fill the house with the sharp scent of balsam better than a white pine?

When it comes to the real versus fake Christmas tree debate, I’ve always been a staunch naturalist, fueled by a lifetime of memories finding the perfect tree. When my kids were younger, there were ...

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Every year, families across the country make plans for the upcoming holidays. Whose house are you going to? Are you serving a Christmas ham or prime rib? (In this economy, ham it is.) And the biggest ...

Paying for gifts, decorations and gingerbread houses can become quite expensive, so the U.S. Department of the Interior is hoping to ease some financial burden by making Christmas trees more ...

Across the country, artificial Christmas trees remain more popular than their natural counterparts — even in Connecticut, which is home to 4,039 acres of tree farms, according to 2022 USDA data.

Purchasing a real Christmas tree supports American farmers and their local economies. Buying a real tree can help support communities, such as those in North Carolina recovering from natural disasters ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Ani Sirois, a respiratory nurse, has spent months caring for coronavirus patients at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, and she's only getting busier as infections — and hospitalizations — ...

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — Christmas tree harvesting has begun in the North Carolina mountains, with growers hopeful for a successful season due to favorable weather conditions and potential shifts in ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - December is here, and many families are getting ready to put up the Christmas tree. Before it goes in the stand, there’s the yearly question: real or artificial? Now, a new ...