Forget the pennies, aspirin, sugar, tree preservatives, and other concoctions that supposedly prevent those cut Christmas trees from dropping their needles before the Big Day. The Pennsylvania ...

For many holiday enthusiasts, making merry begins as soon as the jack-o-lantern tumbles into the compost pile. There are no rules when it comes to stringing twinkle lights and queuing up the Christmas ...

A family cuts a live tree at Holloway’s Christmas Tree Farm in Nipomo in 2013. Laura Dickinson The Tribune You may still have Thanksgiving leftovers in the fridge, but Christmas is only a few short ...

For me, the Christmas season does not begin until the smell of a fresh-cut Frasier fir fills my family room. Once a live or fresh-cut tree is in the home, the unmistakable smell of pine, spruce or fir ...