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The Fraser fir tree is always a popular choice because of its appealing blue-green color and the fact that it holds ornaments well with the stiff branches. You can typically cut your own from tree ...

Christmas trees have brought surprises for some homeowners — including a praying mantis egg sack, a snake, a tiny owl and a koala. Homeowners shared how they handled these situations.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and the Cadillac of trees is their native Fraser fir. It is, though, an evergreen under siege.

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The bark of young balsam fir is smooth, gray and marked with resin blisters; on mature trees, it develops scaly plates. Ripening fir cones are purplish and stand erect on upper branches like Christmas ...

Fraser fir is the classic Christmas tree — popular, shapely, with great needle retention and strong, silvery branches. It's the Cadillac of the cut-your-own tree lot.

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Christmas tree growers in Atlantic Canada are monitoring the spread of a disease and looking for ways to combat it.

Three theories track the Christmas tree back to the 1400s or 1500s, while two others delve even further into the past. But some of the theories are definitely more accurate than others.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and the Cadillac of trees is their native Fraser fir. It is, though, an evergreen under siege.