The halls are decked, snow is on the ground and twinkling lights line the frames of many homes in neighborhoods across the city.
It’s really beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Problem is, it’s the end of January, people.
I understand snow and ice have all but buried many of us alive inside our houses over the [...]

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Every year, we have stories about Christmas decorations being stolen or damaged, but Mark Brown’s holiday vandalism story had a different — and humorous — twist.
Brown, who lives in a Smithton subdivision, said he puts up a nice light display each year.
“You know how it goes. Since my wife was enthused, I had them up [...]

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(CBS) ‘Tis the weekend to take down the tree and pack away all that Christmas clutter – but it’s also the perfect chance to go green with your decorations and ornaments.
Green living expert and author of “Simply Green Giving” Danny Seo stopped by “The Early Show Saturday Edition” to share some holiday recycling [...]

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I wanted to share this email I received from my friend Kaare Pedersen:
Happy New Year!
New Year’s Eve we discovered a house in Teutopolis, only a few miles from our home in Effingham, IL, that had the whole house and front lawn decorated with an unbelievable light display.
Everything was synchronized to music and by tuning your [...]

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1882: An inventive New Yorker finds a brilliant application for electric lights and becomes the first person to use them as Christmas tree decorations.
Edward H. Johnson, who toiled for Thomas Edison’s Illumination Company and later became a company vice president, used 80 small red, white and blue electric bulbs, strung together along a single power [...]

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