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 ...

Here's the soonest you can set up a real Christmas tree so it lasts through all your celebrations. Christmas trees last four to five weeks, so you can set them up the week before Thanksgiving. Regular ...

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 ...