Artificial Christmas trees are one of modern man’s greatest achievements. Stored in a box somewhere for most of the year, they emerge as green and fresh as ever (with a little cleaning) without sticky ...

There are many perks to using artificial Christmas trees during the holidays. They are a one-time investment, can be easy to assemble, are available in different colors and don’t need to be watered.

Curtis VanderSchaaf is an assistant professor of forestry at Mississippi State University. Every year, Americans buy somewhere between 35 million and 50 million Christmas trees, and many more pull an ...