"Take my Christmas tree down with me because there's no point ... people noted that there are organizations that could help her kids get gifts for the holidays. Others pointed out how, earlier ...

That said, some traditional Catholic households keep their Christmas trees up until Feb. 2 — 40 days after Christmas — to ...

A family is Albany is thanking the community for their support and donations after a Christmas tree started a fire in their ...

The weeks leading up to Christmas have always been my favorite time, so my parents’ habit of decorating late drove me crazy.

The holidays are over, Santa has come and gone, but the giving spirit remains—especially for organizations like the Philly ...

This year, instead of sending it to a landfill, consider feeding it to a hungry herd of goats.

Each year, getting a fresh tree is part of a holiday tradition. But is getting a new tree every year more environmentally friendly compared to reusing a fake one?

Yes: Christmas trees, plain wrapping paper, plain holiday cards, cardboard boxes, strings of lights No: Foil, metallic or glittery wrapping paper, tissue paper, ribbon, bows, plastic gift bags ...

They often end up in landfills, decomposing and releasing methane, a greenhouse gas more than 25 times as powerful as carbon ...

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