There’s nothing overtly religious about the giant Christmas tree at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston. It’s got lots of lights and generic holiday ornaments. But don’t call it a “holiday ...

LONDON – Legend has it that the rare thorn tree on a hill in southern England had ties to the earliest days of Christianity, and pilgrims often left offerings at its base. In more recent times, local ...

"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: They shall grow like a cedar of Lebanon." (Ps. 92:12) I believe you don't want to be a cedar and a palm tree at the same time, I shall suggest to be a ...

Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried pine needles, the risk of a fire hazard and impossibly tangled strings of lights? Strapping a fir tree to the hood of my car and ...

A blue “Happy Hanukkah” ornament hangs on a Christmas tree. Traditionally, for Christian-Jewish families, the month of December is referred to as a “dilemma.” This time of year brings discussion about ...

News of Newhall seniors protesting the removal of a Christmas tree from their community room this week because, they said they were told, it was a religious symbol prompted a national outcry — a ...

c. 2012 Religion News Service SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Whether churchgoers realize it or not, the trees in their churchyards have religious roots. Those tall, thin-branched trees on the corner of this ...