Of the many curious holiday traditions—figgy pudding and wassailing counted among them—one of the oddest has to be spraying down small trees with a mixture of adhesive and cellulose fibers to satisfy ...

What to buy, what to serve, which events to attend — December is typically full of decisions. Here’s one more for you to contemplate: What are you going to do with your Christmas tree? According to ...

This Dec. 19, 2025, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows evergreen branches serving as winter mulch over a raised bed planting of garlic cloves on Long Island, N.Y. (Jessica Damiano via AP) What to ...

What to buy, what to serve, which events to attend — December is typically full of decisions. Here’s one more for you to contemplate: What are you going to do with your Christmas tree? According to ...