Why This Tree Is a Game-Changer. A couple of years back, I designed a spiral Christmas tree that truly took off like wildfire ...

How Christmas trees became popular for the holidays 01:32. Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet? Chances are you haven't. Whether you chose to decorate a natural or artificial tree this ...

Every year, Americans buy somewhere between 35 million and 50 million Christmas trees, and many more pull an artificial tree out of storage for the season.In all, about three-quarters of U.S ...

It turns out the Christmas tree gives just as much after the holidays as it does during. What happens to unsold Christmas trees? Not every fir tree makes it to a cozy home.

Each year, the Christmas tree displayed at the U.S. Capitol is cut from a national forest. MORE: Hidden ways the holidays harm the environment and how you can reduce the waste.

This Christmas tree stand has all the things are experts recommend: sturdy metal frame, holds a decent amount of water — you know, the basics. It is more than $100, which we don’t love.

And, of course, you could use a real Christmas tree for this project—you can find them at the last minute, and they all come unlit! Step two. Get some lights.

To make a tree look well-lit (but not over the top), you need about 100 lights per foot: A 6-foot tree requires 600 lights, a 7-foot tree should have 700, and so on.