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 ...

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.

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 ...

Before pre-lit PVC Christmas trees stood tall and before aluminum trees basked in the glow of color wheels, the first artificial holiday trees were made from feathers. These trees were first crafted ...

The Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society Floral Design Group decorated the dining room of Kimberly Crest for the holidays. Among the decorations in the dining room is an antique feather tree ...

I remember seeing my first "real" feather tree. It was a small thing, only about a foot tall, but it sat on my Aunt Mae's buffet table during the Christmas season. It was truly detailed, with small ...

Collectors are quietly turning old-school holiday decor into serious cash, and some of the priciest pieces look like they came straight off Grandma’s tree. From fragile German glass to quirky ...

Last week, I wrote about the many Christmas traditions we’ve adopted that originated in Germany. Decorating a live Christmas tree is one of those. White pine was the tree of choice, and almost every ...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- It all began innocently enough. Darla Hinebaugh walked by the Western Reserve Historical Society one afternoon nearly 50 years ago and noticed a big, beautiful Christmas tree with ...