The tree skirt, invented in 1879, has been around almost as long as the tree stand. The skirts hide unattractive tree stands, provide a soft surface to place presents and can be another tree ...

The people of Reading, Pa., didn't have the same compassion that Charlie Brown had. A 50-foot spruce tree — called "nasty," "pathetic" and "ugly" — will be replaced with a prettier pine.

READING, Pa. (AP) — A Christmas tree that might make Charlie Brown think twice is getting kicked to the curb a little early after residents of a Pennsylvania town complained it was too ugly ...

But it wasn’t until recently, when Misty posted a video of their latest ugly tree on TikTok, that the tradition truly exploded in popularity. “The video has gotten almost 400,000 views now.

A couple of weeks ago, Ann Ranck hauled a 6-foot-tall Douglas fir to her Rohrerstown home. She didn't notice that the tree was quite crooked until she placed it in a Christmas tree stand.

The giant Montreal tree that meets these requirements most perfectly goes up every year at Place Ville-Marie, and it's not a tree at all. It's a purely synthetic definition of empty space by ...

Lara Patangan: An ugly tree, a happy memory and the birth of redemption at Christmas. Lara C. Patangan. Guest columnist. In high school, I remember driving to the Christmas tree lot with my mom.

The stand will support a tree that weighs up to 150 pounds, or a five-foot evergreen tree complete with lights and ornaments, according to the company, and is “playing off the success of ...