The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was first displayed in New York City in 1931. See how the evergreens have transformed ...

Three different theories trace the Christmas tree back to the 1400s or 1500s. Two others go even further back.

The coniferous tree, a charming part of Christmas, was lit up with candles for years. These posed a hazard as they could ...

Hotel del Coronado unveiled what is widely considered the first electrically illuminated Christmas tree in the United States on Dec. 25, 1904.

On December 22, 1882, a new kind of holiday magic flickered to life, forever changing how we celebrate Christmas. That day, ...

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, nobody knows your origin. It's true — historians don't agree on where people started celebrating Christmas with a decorated fir tree, and who did it first. The ...

Christmas in the Martin household is a special event each year. Mary Martin and her family like to go all out when it comes ...

In 1917, Huntington Taylor, manager of the Edward Rutledge Lumber Mill, started the tradition by having a tall tree erected at Fourth and Sherman. On Christmas Eve that same year, the base of the tree ...

The wreck of the Rouse Simmons now lies within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, ...

In 1861, the year the Civil War started, Mary Mateer became the first United States postmistress in St. Clair. In 1923, Anne ...