When I was a kid, we always had a ceiling-high red cedar as a Christmas tree. Although they are prickly trees that can cause severe itching, they had one feature I particularly enjoyed. The week after ...

Long before lights and ornaments are added, Christmas trees are shaped by years of weather, climate and environmental conditions that determine their strength, symmetry and resilience. Here’s how wind ...

I know the big day is a few days away, but the three weeks between Thanksgiving and now have flown by. No, I didn’t decorate my house or listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. Remember ...

The season may just be turning to winter, but spring and summer were already on the minds of some in Chenango County during December 1925. As the Norwich Sun of Dec. 12 reported, “It now seems that ...

There is an attractive tree that you may have noticed or even have growing in your yard. Tall and graceful, it has fluttering heart-shaped blue-green leaves in summer that turn yellow or red in the ...

People are talking about America’s “K-shaped economy,” so named because charts show different sectors’ fortunes diverging like the two arms of that letter. Recently, for example, data services firm ...

Swedish and Danish jets flew in a Christmas tree-shaped formation to mark the festive season over southern Sweden and Copenhagen on Tuesday (December 16). Boy’s face lights up after spotting mom in ...

You’ve likely heard the following at some point: "When’s the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago. When’s the second-best time? Now." It’s fireplace time, which means many of us are purchasing or ...

Christmas trees—and conifers in general—have made some surprising cameos throughout U.S. history, author Trent Preszler reveals in his book Evergreen ’Tis the season for conifers—whether they are ...

A few weeks ago, a creator went viral for the worst reasons. At a glance, the video depicted a creator searching for toys at Target while shopping for the Angel Tree, a program that provides gifts for ...

Somewhere between unbuckling the pants after eating several pounds of turkey and brawling with a total stranger over that last Batman Lego set at Target on Christmas Eve, millions of Americans go ...

With so many varieties sold as Christmas trees, knowing what differentiates a Douglas fir from a Norway spruce is key to shopping for a real tree you’ll love. You’re likely to see more than one ...