Alexandria Masse, 24, created what she calls a “Christmas obelisk” — which will replace her family’s tree this year.

A letter sent home from Germany on Christmas Eve, 1944, is a treasure that Suzanne Atencio keeps close to her heart.

But with Christmas and Hanukkah starting on the same day this year, the tree in our living room has taken a special meaning for my family, laced with blue and silver and decorated by tiny hands ...

We learned this when my father had strokes ... all of us smiling. We were just a family fetching our Christmas trees, a normal and joyful thing. Did we lament that the day was different?

Many Christmas tree farms are family owned, and generations of guests ... and now I’ve got my baby here,'" she said. The Santa Express, a trackless train that was built by Sare’s husband ...