On a recent December day, Mark Latino and a handful of his workers spun sheets of vinyl into tinsel for Christmas tree branches. They worked on a custom-made machine that's nearly a century old, ...

'Tis the season for Tannenbaum. It’s just a matter of which one. The choices can seem overwhelming at first: Will a blue spruce fill the house with the sharp scent of balsam better than a white pine?

Pine or plastic — which Christmas tree is better for the planet? For the eco-conscious, the needling question remains something of a head-scratcher. While artificial firs can be used year after year, ...

Sure, real Christmas trees will make your house smell nice, but there are a lot of benefits to using a faux tree for the holidays. With an artificial tree, you don’t have to worry about sticky sap or ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi’s debate on whether to decorate a real Christmas tree or a fake Christmas tree has raged on for years. For many, the obvious answer is “of course a real tree.” But there’s a ...

Across the country, artificial Christmas trees remain more popular than their natural counterparts — even in Connecticut, which is home to 4,039 acres of tree farms, according to 2022 USDA data.