Christmas tree

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.

A small town tree made its big city debut at Rockefeller Center for the 2020 holiday season. This year’s tree, a 75-foot-tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce was cut down from a residence in Oneonta on Thursday. It arrived by flatbed in Manhattan Saturday to be prepped for its illuminating global debut in a highly unusual holiday season. The NYPD posted a…

The tree took to Twitter to defend itself.

This year’s Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree is has been cut down from outside a home in Oneonta, N.Y.

It’s showtime for a small town tree soon to make its home at Rockefeller Center for the 2020 holiday season.

For the second time in five years, Rockefeller Center has likely chosen its famed Christmas Tree in Oneonta, New York…but the exact location is being kept secret.

An anonymous arborist recently planted several small Christmas trees in potholes in the streets of one Massachusetts community. The North Attleboro Police Department posted pictures on their Facebook page Monday morning, writing, “Looks like someone is getting into the Christmas spirit early…guess that is one way to fill pot holes?”

A Georgia family got a real hoot from its Christmas tree: More than a week after they bought it, they discovered a live owl nestled among its branches.

Jimmy Rider is the owner of Evergreen Delivery, a company delivering Christmas trees by bike – and for an added fee, in a Santa suit. He says he’s like a glorified reindeer, basically pulling a sleigh loaded with trees. Rider says it’s pretty obvious he’s not the real Santa (no beard and no belly), but he does really enjoy milk...

The 2019 Nova Scotia Tree for Boston has been picked out and it’s a beauty! The 45-foot white spruce is being provided by Desmond Waite and Corina Saunders of Trenton, Pictou County, according to the Tree for Boston’s Facebook page.

Every year the Alpine Women’s Club hosts the “Christmas In Alpine” home tour and this year 6 homes made the list.
One home has 23 different Christmas trees and an impressive display of decorations.

The tradition of an annual gift from Nova Scotia in recognition of Boston’s response to a fire that killed thousands of Canadians 100 years ago continues to this day.

Just a few hours after it was put up, vandals targeted the State House Christmas tree in New Hampshire.

Just a few hours after it was put up, vandals targeted the State House Christmas tree in New Hampshire.