In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria ... Photograph by David Min, Getty Images A Christmas tree towers outside St. Peter’s church in Riga, Latvia. Folklore offers a number ...

While the evergreen décor is evident in the hand-colored illustrations Dickens specially commissioned for the book, there are no Christmas trees in those pictures. Victoria added the fir tree to ...

The December 2012 issue, seen here with associate editor Alison Caporimo, is the perfect pick for this Christmas tree craft. Start off by removing the cover. We suggest framing it afterwards ...

The tree will be lit from 5 a.m. to midnight through mid-January. It will be lit for 24 hours on Christmas Eve, but there will be an early cutoff of 9 p.m. for New Year’s Eve, when revelers will ...

"They would light the candles and put gingerbread on the tree and the children would be brought in." Fox Photos//Getty Images Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip look at their Christmas tree during ...