The Christmas tree stands as a beautiful symbol of eternal hope and redemption, especially during the seasonal holidays. This tradition began with the Paradise Tree, which represented the Tree of Life ...

America in the midst of our holiday season — a time for family, rest and hotly contested litigation over religious displays on government property. For this year’s installment, we have a “tree ...

Carl Philipp Fohr, “The Ruins of Hohenbaden” (1814/15), Watercolor (courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection) The Romantic landscape artists of the 18th and 19th century were so obsessed ...

LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the year since the Maui wildfires, Lahaina’s famous banyan tree has been portrayed as a sign of the town’s resilience and strength. But also, during that time, sentiment ...

The Christmas tree set up annually in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, is not just a Christmas tree. Over the years, it's taken on different meanings. And NPR's Julian Hayda reports that this year, in the ...

EVERGREEN trees were once a pagan symbol of life brought inside the home to celebrate the winter solstice. During the Renaissance, in Latvia and Germany, it became a Protestant tradition to decorate ...