When television’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” special took aim at the holiday’s creeping commercialism a half-century ago, it targeted one particularly clanging symbol. So why is the Vermont Country ...

When artificial, shiny aluminum Christmas trees were first manufactured in the late 1950s, their appeal was not that they were reusable, environmentally friendly and easy to store, but rather that ...

WEBVTT KELLY ECKERMAN GOT TO TAKE IT ALL IN. KELLY: THE ULTIMATE RETRO CHRISTMAS COLLECTION. THERE WILL BE 20 UNIQUE ALUMINUM CHRISTMAS TREES FILL THE HOME OF STEPHEN AND MARY PRUITT OF OVERLAND PARK.

Aluminum Christmas trees were initially popular in the U.S. from the late 1950s until the mid-1960s and featured an aluminum base and branches with foil “needles” that reflected the futuristic style ...