The holiday season officially reached Capitol Hill on Friday morning as a 53-foot red fir from Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest rolled onto the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol — marking the first time in history that Nevada has provided the “People’s Tree.”

Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod plans to auction off two signs which once sat on top of the Hyannis store that closed in 2023 when the bargain chain went bankrupt. The Christmas Tree Shops started on the Cape more than 50 years ago.

Originally, when the festive season was intended to celebrate the winter solstice and the return of longer days, the Christmas tree was put up and decorated around December 21. The tree represented the renewal of life. In the Middle Ages, it was customary to put up the tree on December 24, Christmas Eve.

Christmas trees are one of the main symbols of the holiday, but the tradition may not be as old as you thought.

A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan this holiday season. The Origami Holiday Tree at the American Museum of Natural History opens to the public on Monday.

Christmas tree permits for the Pike-San Isabel National Forests are now available. These permits let you and your family pick and choose your own tree from designated cutting areas.

How adorable are these new Christmas Character Stockings? Choose from Santa, a reindeer, or a snowman, each just $1.50. “The generous size provides plenty of room for holiday treats and small gifts, while the durable construction ensures these stockings will be treasured for years to come,” writes Dollar Tree.

A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan for the holiday season next week. No, it’s not the towering spruce at Rockefeller Center, which is lit in early December. The comparatively smaller Origami Holiday Tree that’s delighted crowds for decades at the American Museum of Natural History opens to the public