Health and safety fears prevent a group of volunteers from putting up a Christmas tree in an Essex town.

The tradition of putting up a giant Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center began during the Great Depression. Thousands looked on Wednesday as this year's 72-foot Norway spruce was illuminated with 30,000 energy-efficient LED lights. One Mississippi family looked on with special interest: They lost their home to Hurricane Katrina. But now they have a new home — built by Habitat for ...

Santa Claus will not be the only star of the Greater Manassas Christmas Parade this weekend, organizers say.

A preview of the holiday decorations, the 18-1/2 foot tree, and the red, white and blue theme chosen to celebrate this year?s Christmas at the White House.

A family of Hurricane Katrina survivors whose new house was partly built with lumber from last year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were among thousands who attended this year's lighting ceremony Wednesday.

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A Utah state lawmaker says the Legislature will be presented with a resolution asking retailers not to exclude "Merry Christmas" from their holiday greetings.

It's going to be the Christmas pageant to end all Christmas pageants Thursday in the makeshift manger in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.

Locally grown, pesticide-free food is gaining sway these days but how many of us give the same kind of thought to the Christmas trees we bring home?

Geva Theatre Center's A Christmas Story, based on the popular 1983 film, opens Dec. 3 after previews from Nov. 28, in Rochester, NY.

Recycle old Christmas cards to make these angelic ornaments.