"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The holidays are on the horizon and that means it’s time to start getting the fake Christmas tree (we don ...

If you're like many of us, you may be thinking of skipping the Christmas tree this year. Although hauling a real or fake fir tree into your home for the holidays is a long-standing tradition, there ...

Are you someone for whom the countdown to Christmas starts the moment the last Halloween candy leaves the bowl? Maybe you lean toward old Victorian times when it was traditional to put up Christmas ...

Each year, my family rings in the holiday season with a massive sugar cookie baking and decorating party. We cut cookies out of a rolled-out slab of dough, bake them, frost them, and then go ...

I find it sad to see live Christmas trees left curbside for the weekly garbage collection. Consider reusing your natural ...

Tradition is as much a part of Christmas as chocolate and wrapping paper, but sometimes breaking from tradition – or putting a twist on an old one – adds freshness and fun to familiar festivities.

Kim Harrison loves Christmas and says she thinks all Christmas trees are beautiful. But some of them “just need more lights.” And if you take a look at the tree she puts up in her Milwaukee home, ...