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In 2020, around 80% of the Christmas trees at Crest Ranch Tree Farm burned in the CZU Complex Fire, a devastating California wildfire that ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains for nearly 40 days.

Looks like people weren’t dreaming of a “bright Christmas.” Wyckoff’s Christmas Tree farm in New Jersey had Christmas Grinches saying fir-getaboutit after offering Yuletide pines that come in a ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - When James and Mary Robinson started selling Christmas trees on the Bolding family farm off highway 259 in Kilgore, the thought of ever closing down never dawned on them. “This ...

FESTUS, Mo. — A Christmas tree farm that has brought in families from across the St. Louis area for generations is now on the market. Meert Tree Farm, a 150-acre property in Festus, Missouri, known ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Applejack Tree Farm in Augusta opened Friday to kick off the Christmas holiday season. Guests can pick out their perfect Christmas tree from the farm’s selection of evergreens ...

Hundreds of people poured into Christmas tree farms in Massachusetts on Friday for the first day of the Christmas tree-cutting season. "We like to call it 'Green Friday', said Lisa Vandervalk, whose ...

This holiday season, there are nearly 30 tree farms statewide that you can buy from.One is Jackson Giant Christmas Tree next to the fairgrounds on Greymont Avenue in downtown Jackson. They have been ...

REGION FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. IT IS OFFICIALLY THAT TIME OF YEAR WE’RE BRINGING TINSEL TO TRY OUT. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE COMING AND WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE? THE CHRISTMAS TREE. OF COURSE.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In 2013, Heath Boomer and his family planted their first Christmas trees in Virginia Beach with one hope in mind: to put family and tradition at the forefront. “This is just a ...

The greater Columbus area features over a dozen farms for cutting your own or buying precut trees. With the turkey carved and gobbled, Christmas is just weeks away and many central Ohioans may soon be ...

Ralph Rottman’s Christmas tree roots run deep — three generations deep. His grandfather planted the first sapling on Windy Hills Farm in Tuscarawas Township in 1938. At 85, Rottman is now the owner of ...