Family uses Christmas light show to help raise $8K to offset newborn’s medical bills

What started as a hobby for Andrew Konkol has become a holiday tradition that now helps families in need throughout central ...

Thousands of pounds of Christmas lights recycled each year

Metro hardware stores and the Kansas City Zoo are collecting thousands of pounds of old holiday lights, keeping harmful ...
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How to get a Christmas cactus to bloom, according to a gardening expert

A Christmas cactus is a tropical plant that blooms in late fall or early winter. Unlike desert cacti, it prefers indirect ...

Don't throw it out! These 3 items always end up in the trash, but experts say you can use them to store your Christmas lights instead

From trash to treasure — save these 3 things over Christmas and use them to store your Christmas lights in January ...

Christmas tree can live on if you dispose of it properly

As this holiday season wraps up, make sure your Christmas tree comes to a good end.
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Vietnamese nuns, disaster victims rebuild Christmas from debris and share hope

Across Vietnam's flood-battered central provinces, nuns observed Christmas quietly, scaling back celebrations to redirect ...

How to Watch the Dazzling Northern Lights from 15 States Tonight

This week, heightened solar activity is stirring Earth’s magnetic field, setting the stage for a northern lights sky show, with auroras visible farther south than usual. Here's everything you need to ...