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 ...

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 ...

From cost and maintenance to sustainability, an industry expert weighs in on how to choose the right Christmas tree for your home and budget.

For many families, choosing a real Christmas tree marks the official start of the holiday season. The scent, the visit to the local farm, watching dad wrestle a half-rusted saw through the branches ...

'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?

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The ongoing debate over whether real or fake trees are the more sustainable option appears every holiday season, though the answer is not always clear. Last year, about 22 million real Christmas trees ...

A fresh-cut Christmas tree can offer a magical experience in the home this time of year. The distinct smell of pine from a real tree makes for lasting memories -- and even makes picking up pine ...