“If you miss this sales cycle, you have to wait the entire year. Nobody wants a Christmas tree after Christmas,” says Michael Shaughnessy, senior vice president of supply chains at Balsam ...

But in some neighborhoods, like the 1400 block of Q Street Northwest, that color wheel is interrupted by crispy brown Christmas trees that lie on the curbs. One man named Charles lives right next ...

On Wednesday, Kelly Ripa showed off her sparkly Christmas tree, which includes photos of the three children she shares with husband Mark Consuelos Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE.