The Merchants of Joy (now streaming on Amazon Prime Video) follows New York City’s five big families – of Christmas tree sales. Inspired by a 2022 Epic magazine and New York magazine feature titled ...

New York City’s Christmas tree sales aren’t a holly-jolly business. The most statuesque trees worthy of a Manhattan pied-à-terre or Brooklyn brownstone don’t come cheap or without behind-the-scenes ...

A new documentary contains zesty character studies of competing New York City tree vendors as they prepare for the holiday season. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Pre-Christian Claims Some sources claim the Christmas tree has its origins in pre-Christian traditions and generally offer a few winter solstice celebrations that share things with modern Christmas.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you celebrate with a real tree, a fake tree or no tree at all, have you ever wondered where and when the tradition of ...

The tradition of using evergreen trees and plants for winter celebrations predates Christianity. Ancient cultures like the Romans, Egyptians, and Celts used evergreens to symbolize life and the ...

Over time, Christmas trees evolved from simple evergreen boughs and wooden pyramids decorated with pine branches to live evergreen trees and, by the 19th century, artificial trees. Long before ...