Christmas trees are covered in an array of decorations today, including ornaments, twinkling lights and tinsel. (iStock / iStock) SEARS SOLD THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES FOR $0.50 AND $1. ...

The National Tree Company Pre-lit Artificial Christmas Garland is 9 feet long and 10 inches wide. The artificial Crestwood spruce boughs are flocked and include silver bristle, cones, red berries ...

The tinsel tradition is long-running, but the rules have changed a little surrounding our favorite tree trimming option. It wasn’t Christmas at Grammy and Pop-Pops until a squat little tree was ...

Silvered glass ornaments on the tree or wired into a garland add a special touch. ... Sometimes called aluminum Christmas trees, tinsel trees were popular in the late 1950s and 1960s.

The Tinsel Trail is back with more than 400 live Christmas trees decorated by different organizations and companies. One tree, however, has drawn a lot of attention. Scottsboro Police looking for ...

But to a child, a Christmas tree is much more than the accumulation of decorations and lights, tinsel and garland. For a child, a Christmas tree is a promise.

Today’s tinsel is made of plastic—a pale imitation of the old lead stuff’s heft and shine, according to some die-hards, but at least the Christmas tree’s a little safer than it used to be.

And, while it’s difficult to definitively prove that the use of tinsel on Christmas trees is solely down to a festive tale about a spider, we have to admit that we’re quite attached to the idea.