For many, Christmas is not complete without a big, gaudy Christmas tree. And oftentimes, decorating the Christmas tree is a fun family tradition. But where did this classic tradition of Christmas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you celebrate with a real tree, a fake tree or no tree at all, have you ever wondered where and when the tradition of ...

Pre-Christian Claims Some sources claim the Christmas tree has its origins in pre-Christian traditions and generally offer a few winter solstice celebrations that share things with modern Christmas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For some faiths Dec. 24 marks the religious Feast Day of Adam and Eve. This being a gardening piece, rather than a religious one, ...

London’s Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square was lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and Oslo in an ...

On December 22, 1882, a new kind of holiday magic flickered to life, forever changing how we celebrate Christmas. That day, Edward H. Johnson, an inventor and vice president of Thomas Edison’s ...

When this year’s Christmas tree arrived at the White House just before Thanksgiving by horse-drawn wagon, the conveyance brought more than an evergreen: It also carried more than a century of history.

Over time, Christmas trees evolved from simple evergreen boughs and wooden pyramids decorated with pine branches to live evergreen trees and, by the 19th century, artificial trees. Long before ...

Towering evergreen trees adorned in lights and other trinkets are a focal point of the holiday season. Christmas trees are placed in prominent locations in homes, typically in front of a large picture ...