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The Mountains Are Calling: Exploring Haywood County

Five towns — plus outdoor pursuits, artistic endeavors, and delicious provisions and libations — to explore on your next trip west.

by Lara Ivanitch
Guides

How to Keep Your Christmas Tree Fresh All Season Long

Take these six steps and you’ll be able to preserve your beautiful tree through the holidays.

by Our State Staff
Our State Knows Best

Our State Knows Best: Christmas Trees

Find out what three experts have to say about picking the perfect Christmas tree, the magic of creating a holiday tradition, and why a North Carolina-grown tree will always beat the one in the box.

by Rosa Stancil
Photo Essay

North Carolina Symbols of the Season

Make it a Carolina Christmas: From the mountains to the coast, we found our state’s icons — official and honorary — in their best holiday dress.

by Katie Saintsing
Central

The Finest Firs

At the Pinehurst Festival of Trees, wander through a forest of exquisitely decorated Christmas trees — and share the spirit of the season with children in need.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
A Core Sound Christmas: Crab Pot Christmas Trees in Marshallberg, North Carolina
Features

A Core Sound Christmas

With a name like Nick, this Down East businessman may have been destined to invent a new kind of Christmas tree.

by Bill Morris
A Story Behind Every Christmas Tree Ornament
Features

A Story Behind Every Christmas Tree Ornament

Handmade from Popsicle sticks and macaroni, or preserved from generations past: An ornament represents a story, a memory, a treasured entry on the timeline of our lives.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Arts & Culture

The Unlikely Ornament King of Gastonia

The true story of how a Jewish man from Gastonia became the world’s largest maker of Christmas ornaments, and so much more.

by Jeremy Markovich
Photo Essay: In Pursuit of the Perfect Pine
Features

In Pursuit of the Perfect Pine: 6 North Carolina Christmas Tree Farms

The best family traditions don’t come ready-made. They’re hard-won, full of promise, but messy — just like the holidays. A Christmas tree hunt in the North Carolina mountains is no exception.

by Graham Averill

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