I'm going for the box, I was told. "It looks big, but I'll let you choose." My first Christmas tree showed up in my life already mounted in the corner of our home, alternating colored lights ...

One country that claims to be the home of the world's first Christmas tree is Latvia. Several sources, including the National Christmas Tree Association, note that the first written record of a ...

If you’ve heard that the common myth that first Christmas tree in the United States came from Shiloh, you’ve certainly heard wrong. If someone told you that the first Christmas tree in ...

Tinsel is one of many decorations used to enhance the appearance of a Christmas tree. Today, tinsel can be picked up at a multitude of retailers for a low cost, but it was once far less attainable ...

They were first created using goose-feathers during the time period, according to Britannica. Sears, Roebuck & Company is credited by the National Christmas Tree Association as the first store ...

Unfortunately, since it's unclear when the plays were first performed, nobody can definitively say whether the tree used in the Paradise Play was later adopted as the Christmas tree, but given the ...

However, English Puritans rejected the tree on the basis that it didn't have Biblical roots, according to Texas A&M University. According to Country Living, the first decorated Christmas tree ...

Where can you pick your Christmas tree? Several farms across the First State offer a wide variety of evergreen trees ready to be decorated for the Yuletide season: Balsam Acres: 8428 Sharptown ...

Throughout the years the city’s official tree frequently has consisted of many smaller trees. Since 2009, however, a single tree has been chosen by either a contest or nominations. Though the ...

This year, to the delight of my children, we have our first tree. I may love it as much as they do. Growing up Jewish, I never had a Christmas tree in the house. I'd see them in stores ...