Its footprint would cover your dining ... wood around the trunk, which grows wider, and into the limbs and the branches, which grow thicker. The giant sequoia is a snow tree, Sillett says, adapted ...

Let it snow inside your house this Christmas by ... which also serves as the trunk of the fake tree, and it erupts from the top bringing Christmas cheer to an otherwise quiet room.

Here are some other tips for taking care of snow-covered trees from the Colorado State Forest Service: Check for hazards.

"It was complete chance I came across him," said Francis Zuber, who happened to see Ian Steger's snowboard poking out of the snow while skiing ... he fell backward into a tree well during his ...