Christmas has come and gone, kids are back in school and adults are returning to the 9-to-5. Does that mean holiday decor should come down? According to one tradition, now is the perfect time to take ...

Key Points Before adding a Christmas tree to the compost pile, break it up into small pieces.There are many ways to break it up, ranging from using strictly hand tools to renting a wood chipper.Manage ...

How long should you leave your Christmas tree up? Most people don’t know that the 12 days of Christmas (yes, from the popular Christmas carol) actually start on Christmas Day. They end today, Jan. 6, ...

There's no hard-and-fast rule when to take down your Christmas tree, and it's often left up to personal preference Traditionally, Jan. 6 is viewed as the deadline due to the religious holiday Epiphany ...

Christmas tree up—check! Halls decked—check! Okay, but when does this all come down? Just like the date you decorate for Christmas, what time you take down your tree and other festive trimmings is, ...

As this holiday season wraps up, make sure your Christmas tree comes to a good end. “If you dispose of your tree properly, it will be ground up into mulch or compost that protects the roots of plants ...

Plastic pumpkins for Halloween, tablecloths with cartoon turkeys on them for Thanksgiving, tinsel for the New Year, a Christmas tree for, well, Christmas. At this point, I should have taken most of ...