Christmas tree

Christmas trees can often be recycled, keeping them out of landfills and producing mulch for gardening and landscaping.

This holiday season, 77 Christmas trees adorn the White House, along with more than 80,000 holiday lights and a gingerbread White House that weighs well over 170 lbs. All that decoration takes a lot of people to put up, and among the 150-plus volunteers from across the country was a couple from Boston. Stephen and David St. Russell are known…

Controversy is brewing over the omission of a Christmas tree at the local library in Dedham, Massachusetts this year. The controversy first started when a library branch supervisor posted about the lack of a tree this holiday season. She said she was told that “people” were made uncomfortable last year looking at it. The post brought on a wave of…

Wade Appleby and his girlfriend, Rachel, are looking for the perfect tree. “This is our first tree that we’re buying together actually,” said the resident of Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. It’s a magical moment but one that comes with a steeper price than last year. “I expected probably with where inflation is right now probably, 8% to 10% higher...

The enormous tree was cut down in Queensbury, New York, and will head to New York City.

In a world where green is everything, there are increasing shades of brown. A long, hot summer has burned those who grow Christmas trees. “Our inventory is down significantly, essential due to the drought and the impact to our trees,” said Jim Colburn of Merrihill Tree Farm in Merrimac, Massachusetts. That is why, for the first time ever, Merrihill will…

The drought that hammered New England this summer means fewer Christmas trees this holiday season.