As I waited in the car last weekend, I watched Christmas trees being unloaded onto a lot, and I was captivated by such a pleasant sight. The trees were green and fresh, and looked pretty and healthy.

Germany's growers have started to cut their Christmas trees in anticipation of a tradition that's around 500 years old.Germans have been celebrating Christmas with decorated trees for centuries. In ...

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, nobody knows your origin. It's true — historians don't agree on where people started celebrating Christmas with a decorated fir tree, and who did it first. The ...

WOOSTER, Ohio — The history of Christmas trees stretches back to the 16th century. Germany is credited with starting the tradition as we know it, with Christians bringing decorated pines into their ...

The analysis took into account things like the netting around real Christmas trees and the water used to keep them alive in homes, versus the plastic packaging tape used on fake-tree boxes and ...

Deep in the roots of ancient Roman and Egyptian history are tales of evergreens being used for decoration. Since the 1800s, candlelit trees have been a symbol of the holiday season in the U.S., ...

People around the world instantly recognize a decorated fir tree as a symbol of Christmas. But, as it turns out, historical evidence to explain when, and where, people started using trees to celebrate ...

SUNDERN, Germany (AP) — Germany 's growers have started to cut their Christmas trees in anticipation of a tradition that's around 500 years old. Germans have been celebrating Christmas with decorated ...