On December 22, 1882, a new kind of holiday magic flickered to life, forever changing how we celebrate Christmas. That day, Edward H. Johnson, an inventor and vice president of Thomas Edison’s ...

German immigrant and Harvard professor Charles Follen is credited with introducing the German tradition of the Christmas tree to Massachusetts in 1832. Born Karl Theodor Christian Friedrich Follen in ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

After almost a year of anticipation, Silver Belle, The People’s Tree, arrived in Washington, D.C., well before dawn in the early morning hours on Friday, Nov. 21. Knight-Swift driver Michael Porter ...

A Kenyan woman, Truphena Muthoni, beat her own world record, hugging a tree continuously for 72 hours at the foot of Mount Kenya. Her “silent protest” was meant to hold authorities and a complacent ...

For the first time in several years, every single Angel on the Salvation Army Angel Tree has been adopted — ensuring more than 35,000 children, older adults, and adults with disabilities will have ...