Belgium’s Food Agency Advises Against Eating Your Christmas Tree

The country’s food agency warned against using evergreens in food after the city of Ghent suggested an unusual form of recycling: spruce needle butter.

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Can You Be Allergic to Your Christmas Tree?

Itchy eyes, wheezing, sniffles, sneezing: Here’s how to keep “Christmas tree syndrome” symptoms at bay.

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New Year’s Eve Fireworks in the Parks Are Canceled

Because of the drought, the traditional celebration in Prospect and Central Parks won’t happen. Prospect Park plans a light show with drones.

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Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding

More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.

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