ABERDEEN • There’s a Christmas tree in Musa Ferguson’s Aberdeen home that stays up year-round. It has a place of honor in her living room because it’s been in her family for 86 years. “My maternal ...

Decorating a live Christmas tree is a tradition that started in Germany in the early 1800s. White pine was the tree of choice, and almost every family cut a live tree each year. Some decorated with ...

Feathered Christmas trees were first created in Germany in the late 1800s. These trees are considered to be one of the first artificial Christmas trees. The custom in Germany during the 19th century ...

Moorhead resident Kelly Wambach was raised on a game farm, surrounded by wild turkeys and geese. He also grew up collecting things, working for an auctioneer and spending his paycheck at the auction.

Jim Anderson’s 1901 Victorian cottage on Lower Swiss Avenue calls for an old-fashioned Christmas. His collection of antique European ornaments hanging from a rare German feather tree fits right in ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Christmas stuck around for all 12 months of the year at the Kupfer household. As John and Marian Kupfer aged, antique trees adorned with rare handmade ornaments remained on display in ...