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10 Extreme Christmas Trees

Carl Pettit — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:47:53 +0000

Most people are familiar with the massive, and very impressive, Christmas tree that graces New York Cityâ€™s Rockefeller Center every year. This tree has come to symbolize the holiday season for millions of people, and is something of national icon, appearing as a backdrop in countless movies and television specials. While New Yorkâ€™s tree is [...]

10 Festive (and Brilliant) Christmas Tree Alternatives

Kathy Landin — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:42:08 +0000

The Christmas tree is a classic symbol of the holiday season and sometimes, maybe the best way to get in the holiday mood. You put an evergreen tree in the middle of your living room, decorate it with lights, ornaments and tinsel, and—boom—Christmas spirit!

But what if, for whatever reason, you can’t have one? What do you do when you can’t keep a pine tree in your living space, but you still need a little Christmas? Maybe you have a small living room, or live in an eighth-floor walk-up. Perhaps you have pets who eat Chris

Real-life Griswolds Pack Home With More Than 200 Christmas Trees [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:45:31 +0000

It’s perfectly normal to mark the holidays with a decoration or two. But the Rieken family in Texas takes their celebration of the season to the extreme by cramming over 200 trees into their home. Clark Griswold of ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ fame would be proud!

Obama Taxes Christmas Trees

Steve Tanko — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:36:36 +0000

With a feeble economy that’s threatening to derail the Christmas plans of many families across America comes this piece of news: The Obama administration has imposed a 15-cent tax on Christmas trees. According to the Obama administration this “board” is to run a ‘“program of promotion, research, evaluation, and information designed to strengthen the Christmas [...]