Article: Clinging to Christmas spirit - decorations still adorn homes.(Local)

Article: bad-news nerds: lighten up, and go ahead and light up the tree Despite warnings of fire hazards, Christmas trees are still safe.(Local)
The Virginian Pilot;  December 21, 2008 ;     465 words ...Christmas trees. Beloved symbols of the Yuletide...coming for our trees. Group Targets Christmas Trees as Fire Hazards, screamed a headline...than the spontaneous combustion of Christmas trees? Shouldn't they be bungling a natural...

Article: Christmas trees focus of fire code rift Doyle vows church tradition will prevail
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 31, 2008 ;     409 words ......the rules no longer allow Christmas trees in churches, hotels and...Jim Doyle promised that Christmas trees won't be hauled out of churches...In churches, you can have Christmas trees," Doyle said early Thursday...

Article: The ban on Christmas trees.(EDITORIALS)
The Washington Times;  December 26, 2003 ;     482 words ......depriving thousands of Virginians of their Christmas trees. Eight months ago, the Virginia General Assembly enacted a law barring real Christmas trees from public buildings without sprinkler...the month, the prohibition against Christmas trees was relaxed for residential units...

Article: Top ten reasons why Virginia christmas trees have a month all their own.
M2 Presswire;  December 5, 2005 ;     499 words ......2005-VDACS: Top ten reasons why Virginia christmas trees have a month all their own(C)1994...indeed. What is there about Virginia Christmas trees that merits this tribute? The Virginia...ten reasons to celebrate Virginia Christmas trees during December: 10. Because of Virginia...

Article: Crooks targeting your Christmas trees
Lincolnshire Echo;  December 19, 2007 ;     194 words ...Christmas trees appear to be on the petty criminal's must-have haul...actually conifers in tubs that might be sold as mini Christmas trees. Apparently there are other Christmas trees thefts around the county and I guess that was the...

Article: New Orleans suburb's Department of Environmental Affairs recycles residents' Christmas trees
The Journal : the Community News of Jefferson Parish;  January 4, 2008 ;     439 words ......the collection truck for recycling Christmas trees. They need to be placed curbside by...government has collected more than 924,000 Christmas trees to fill in wooden fences built in...the state with more than 1.5 million Christmas trees. Jefferson is one of 15 parishes ...

Article: Analysis: Christmas trees get recycled underwater in Arizona
NPR Morning Edition;  January 11, 2006 ;     662 words ......Edition (NPR) 01-11-2006 Analysis: Christmas trees get recycled underwater in Arizona...Arizona Public Radio. (Soundbite of Christmas trees being loaded) GILLIAN FERRIS KOHL...loading an Army-green forklift with Christmas trees. It's an odd sight in the desert landscape...

Article: Christmas trees row heads for a full court hearing.
Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  December 13, 2007 ;     372 words ...Christmas trees row heads for a full court hearing...order preventing a man from selling Christmas trees on a site in Dalkey, Co Dublin, pending...restraining Noel O'Murchu from selling Christmas trees from a site on the corner of Hyde...

Article: Mexico steps up control over imports of foreign Christmas trees
AP Worldstream;  November 11, 2005 ;     443 words ......over imports of American and Canadian Christmas trees to avoid foreign plant bugs, the Environmental...leaves and branches of the 800,000 Christmas trees it expects to flow south this season...such as oyamel and acahuite. "Growing Christmas trees is a good environmentally friendly...

Article: We Choose Not to Have Christmas Trees
The Washington Post;  January 2, 1993 ;     438 words ......by Ken Ringle "Why Can't Jews Have Christmas Trees?" {Style, Dec. 23} to know how skewed...title the essay "Why Don't Jews Have Christmas Trees?" or "Why Jews Choose Not to Have Christmas Trees." We choose not to have Christmas...

Article: In a Switch, B of A Gives Green Light to Christmas Trees.
American Banker;  December 9, 1999 ;     567 words ......Corp. has reversed a policy barring Christmas trees from branch lobbies, just in time...decoration approved for use in branches. Christmas trees and all other decorations are not...response, the company decided to permit Christmas trees, and leave decorating decisions to...

Article: Strathmeyer Companies To Collect Christmas Trees For Military Families, Troops.
M2 Presswire;  December 2, 2008 ;     496 words ......PRESSWIRE-2 December 2008-Strathmeyer Christmas Trees: Strathmeyer Companies To Collect Christmas Trees For Military Families, Troops(C)1994-20...top budgeting priority. Strathmeyer Christmas Trees, a Dover-based operator of tree farms...

Article: 'Recycle your Christmas trees'
The Northern Echo;  December 27, 2008 ;     310 words ......can cost up to [pounds]50, but most Christmas trees will be in landfill sites by the end...near Barnard Castle, recycled 3,000 Christmas trees. The trees were shredded and rotted...shame. "If you think about all of the Christmas trees you buy in your lifetime, it is quite...

Article: History of Christmas Trees.
Kerrville Daily Times (Kerrville, TX);  December 11, 2008 ;     625 words ...Dec. 11--HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS TREES --1510 -- The first written...common in Germany to decorate Christmas trees with apples. This practice...ornaments became so popular on Christmas trees that they were often called...