Keith Phelps celebrates the season by showing us how to create an authentic German Feather Tree. Get inspired by some beautiful themed trees for the holidays. Plus, get a peek at his latest creation ...

Dené Schaut hung up moccasins that belonged to her father, who died in 2016, as a holiday decoration this year. A decades-old German feather tree decorated with glass ornament reproductions, a ...

They can be small or tall. Real or not so real. Sedate or whimsical. Whatever their design, few things reflect on the holiday season as eloquently as a decorated Christmas tree. Children and adults ...

Here are some key moments in the evolution of the Christmas tree from “Christmas Past” by Robert Brenner (Schiffer Publishing, $24.95) and “Christmas Collectibles” by Margaret and Kenn Whitmyer ...

Jim Anderson’s 1901 Victorian cottage on Lower Swiss Avenue calls for an old-fashioned Christmas. His collection of antique European ornaments hanging from a rare German feather tree fits right in ...

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 ...

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 ...