Eckert's Farm, located at 951 South Green Mount Road in Belleville, is offering a new line of live Christmas ... number of pre-cut white pine trees in festive red, snowy white, bold hot pink ...

The state Christmas tree - a 60-foot spruce donated by an Eagle family and lit two and a half weeks after the November election - glows a starkly solid red color this year, topped with a white star.

In my line of work, I get a lot of packages ... remove the top third of the tree and place it in the red velcro bag (or this handy rolling Christmas tree storage box). Next, unlock the base ...