Christmas tree

Christmas trees can often be recycled, keeping them out of landfills and producing mulch for gardening and landscaping.

This holiday season, 77 Christmas trees adorn the White House, along with more than 80,000 holiday lights and a gingerbread White House that weighs well over 170 lbs. All that decoration takes a lot of people to put up, and among the 150-plus volunteers from across the country was a couple from Boston. Stephen and David St. Russell are known…

Controversy is brewing over the omission of a Christmas tree at the local library in Dedham, Massachusetts this year. The controversy first started when a library branch supervisor posted about the lack of a tree this holiday season. She said she was told that “people” were made uncomfortable last year looking at it. The post brought on a wave of…

Wade Appleby and his girlfriend, Rachel, are looking for the perfect tree. “This is our first tree that we’re buying together actually,” said the resident of Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. It’s a magical moment but one that comes with a steeper price than last year. “I expected probably with where inflation is right now probably, 8% to 10% higher...

A shortage of Christmas trees has people struggling to find one this holiday season.

The enormous tree was cut down in Queensbury, New York, and will head to New York City.

In a world where green is everything, there are increasing shades of brown. A long, hot summer has burned those who grow Christmas trees. “Our inventory is down significantly, essential due to the drought and the impact to our trees,” said Jim Colburn of Merrihill Tree Farm in Merrimac, Massachusetts. That is why, for the first time ever, Merrihill will…

The drought that hammered New England this summer means fewer Christmas trees this holiday season.

A couple from central Vermont will be honored this weekend for starting a Christmas tradition that has had a decades-long legacy of supporting community members in the Waterbury area.  The Wesley United Methodist Church in Waterbury will celebrate Ed and Robin Lemery in a ceremony Saturday morning at 11, thanking them for launching a Christmas tree sale 30 years ago…

A couple from central Vermont will be honored for starting a Christmas tradition with a decades-long legacy of helping the community.

If you’re looking for a Christmas tree with a real story behind it — and want a bit of a workout to go with it — the U.S. Forest Service has an option for you. It is selling permits that allow you to cut your own tree during a trek through Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest. Those permits are...

Videos posted by witnesses to social media show thick clouds of black smoke coming from the tree outside the News Corp. headquarters in NYC

Even Christmas trees aren’t immune to the pandemic-induced shortages and inflation plaguing the economy.

For the first time ever, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will come from Maryland!

The coronavirus pandemic has hit many business particularly hard this year, but one group of businesses is reportedly managing to exceed expectations this holiday season. Christmas tree farms across Massachusetts and New England say they are having one of their strongest years ever, in spite of the pandemic, according to two recent reports. Maple Crest Farm in West Newbury, Massachusetts,…

The annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center is on schedule, but visiting the tree – like the rest of 2020 – will look different than in years past. Official details will be announced Monday, but NBC New York has learned what visitors can expect this year: monitored entrances, socially distanced lines and a limited window to snap pictures. Mayor…

It is the most wonderful time of the year at Christmas tree farms across Massachusetts even though the coronavirus pandemic has made it a tough year for many. Farmers say the amount of people staying at home has increased demand to deck the halls.  At Mistletoe Christmas Tree Farm in Stow, they started getting calls for trees three weeks...

It is the most wonderful time of the year at Christmas tree farms across Massachusetts even though the pandemic has made it a tough year for many. Farmers say the amount of people staying at home has increased demand to deck the halls.

The annual evergreen Christmas tree gifted to Boston by Nova Scotia is slated to arrive at the Boston Common Friday with renewed meaning. This year, Nova Scotia is dedicating the tree to healthcare workers, honoring both Boston’s response to the 1917 Halifax Explosion and those who are working on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston police will escort…

This year’s holiday season may not look or feel quite like ones from the past, but if the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has anything to say about it, it’s still going to be a time of joy and celebration.