Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Ottman was born to sell Christmas trees. Ottman, 73, said his family has been growing the holiday staple in Wisconsin since ...

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The Christmas tree industry just can’t catch a break. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The industry — a collection of tree farmers ...

Before a Fraser fir can become “O Tannenbaum,” it must grow tall. That takes a decade or longer. So when Hurricane Helene left much of North Carolina’s famed and valuable Christmas tree crop toppled, ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways it is.

Steve Ottman was born to sell Christmas trees. Ottman, 73, said his family has been growing the holiday staple in Wisconsin since the Great Depression. But now his 50-acre Christmas tree farm just ...