Christmas Eve, or 'Heiligabend', is when Germans celebrate Christmas. Many households spend the day decorating the tree, preparing food for the family and sprucing up the home. As soon as the night ...

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., ...

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 ...