Ironically, what made the spruce a fantastic Christmas tree also made it structurally weak: The branches that spanned 46 feet in diameter left lots of knots in the wood, so the beams were mainly used ...

Once word spread, the popularity of Christmas trees took off ... the halls" with evergreen branches to bring in life during the dark days of winter. But, medieval Germans are credited with ...

Thieves left a village in the dark after stealing the Christmas trees lights before the big switch-on. Dozens of families and children gathered around the tree in Grotton in Saddleworth for the ...