For nearly 30 years the price of real Christmas trees has remained virtually unchanged. According to Joe Sharp, President of Yule Tree Farms in Canby Oregon (the fifth largest Christmas tree farm in the country) the median price for a Douglas Fir in 1980 was $25 and a Noble Fir was $45. Today Douglas Firs [...]

Santa’s Good List officially went digital this weekend, as Santa Claus unveiled a new website where children can see if they’ve been naughty or nice. For the first time ever, boys and girls from around the world will now be able to view the coveted good list via computer by visiting www.SantasGoodList.org .
“Santa’s Good [...]

Literally! In some towns there’s not enough money to have a Santa. This is like a Hallmark movie come to life. Just without the happy ending. I mean they even had Santas in the Depression 1.0. They just maybe skipped out on the lifesize blow up snowglobes and the houses covered with enough twinkling lights [...]

ABC Family will air its eleventh year of “25 Days of Christmas,” featuring over 200 hours of holiday-themed entertainment, from Dec. 1 to 25, officials said Friday.
The network will air new original movies and specials and returning Christmas favorites during primetime as well as weekend holiday marathons every Saturday and Sunday.
This year, ABC Family presents [...]

People with friends and relatives abroad need to start thinking about those Christmas cards and gifts.
The deadline for sending first-class mail and priority mail to Africa and South and Central America to assure delivery for the holiday is Dec. 4, the U.S. Postal Service said Monday.
The deadline for first-class and priority mail sent to other [...]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will be introducing new rounds of price cuts every week until Christmas as the world’s largest retailer reaches out and appeals to cash-strapped shoppers looking to stretch their holiday budgets.
As part of what it is calling “Operation Main Street,” Wal-Mart will be slashing prices on thousands of items that it says are [...]

Only the modern Christmas could present such a dilemma: should one use a completely recyclable resource (real Christmas trees) once a year or use the same landfill-unfriendly resource (artificial trees) for many years in the celebration of the season?
Every year, some 20 million real fir trees are harvested in the name of Christmas celebration [...]

As Christmas approaches, a prominent South Orange County pastor reminds the world about the holiday’s real meaning.
Pastor Rick Warren this week unveils the message in his third book – “The Purpose of Christmas” hitting bookstores Tuesday. Simply written, the book details the true meaning of Christmas – the birth of Jesus Christ and its [...]