In his first decade as an entrepreneur, Marshall Rauch built a profitable small business producing crochet thread and kite string at a factory near Gastonia, N.C. He had a few dozen employees ...

A zoo is asking people to drop off their old Christmas trees so they can be used as "enrichment" for the animals. Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in north Somerset has accepted about 15,000 trees over the ...

It’s easy to tell when a tree is dry — “when you pull on the needles and they come right off,” Clancy said, adding that old trees ... my Christmas decorations,” she laughed. She will have both ...

STAMFORD — Vicki Sparagna's Christmas tree decorating extravaganza ... The lone exception is Vicki's first ornament, which she was gifted when she was around 10 years old and depicts a blond ...

The 9-year-old, whose father is a Navy ... Elementary School students who designed Christmas ornaments that are on display near the National Christmas Tree in Washington, just steps away from ...

Then my inner historian scolds me – I have to remind myself that I’m taking part in one of the world ... tree. There is no reference to Christmas in the carol, which Anschütz based on a much older ...

Northern Tier Regional Library is offering a limited number of Old World Christmas ornaments ... Create a unique card, book page ornament and paper origami tree with the materials provided.

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) — The Holiday Season is already here and many families are faced with the age-old question: should we go for a real Christmas tree or ...

CHRISTMAS trees may be a seasonal product but that didn’t deter Rachael McDonald, co-founder of Bloombar Flowers, from venturing into the niche market of sourcing and selling locally grown ...

From gherkins to Stanley drinkware, these not-so-standard ornaments from Old World Christmas are sure ... could also exist in the boughs of Christmas trees. The brand carries replications of ...

“Every single ornament I buy represents something that has happened in our lives,” said Barb Houser who shopped the large variety of Christmas ornaments at Old World Christmas with her husband ...

For me, the holidays don’t truly begin until the Christmas tree is up and the Christmas ornaments are out. Rumor has it that this year, I’ll be in charge of decorating my family’s tree ...