With Santa’s deliveries done and presents unwrapped, families are likely preparing to take down their decorations and toss their real Christmas trees into the trash. While those who want to throw ...

From the sweet aroma of baked cookies to the festive family gatherings, Shawn Hundertmark’s mom always put the merry in Christmas. When she died 20 years ago, Hundertmark dedicated his yearly ...

According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There, they are covered with soil, which results in anaerobic (oxygen-deprived) decomposition ...

Columbus residents can place their undecorated Christmas trees on the curb for regular trash or yard-waste collection. Several local facilities will accept Christmas trees to be turned into mulch.

Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope. By Kevin Draper Milk had “Got Milk?” Beef had “Beef: It’s ...

Every December, as twinkling lights go up and the scent of pine (real or artificial) fills our living rooms, one question returns: which Christmas tree is better for the planet, a real or an ...

Louisville residents can recycle their tree at several drop-off sites around the county once the decorations come down. Residents normally serviced by private waste haulers should check with those ...

If Christmas tree sales are anything to go by, U.S. consumers aren’t pulling the plug on holiday shopping this year—but they might be dimming the lights. Heading into the holiday season, Tim Leyden, ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Who doesn’t love a Christmas-themed TV episode? Holiday programming on the networks and streamers continues to increase every year. I mean, the Hallmark Channel dedicates months to Christmas movies ...

The Comedy Central series has a long history of Christmas episodes, which have introduced some instant classic characters. In time for the holiday, here's our definitive ranking. By Kevin Dolak For ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...