Her story is told in a 2008 children’s book, “The Homeless Christmas Tree.” “She wanted people to see the tree and remember the homeless, the people in shelters,” said Meyer, 49, a musician.

Two weeks ago, WDSU met John, a homeless veteran living under the Pontchartrain Expressway. The Christmas tree he had bought and set up outside of his tent had been thrown away that morning by ...

A homeless woman, Carla Christian, started the tradition, decorating the little tree sometime around 1990. "When she no longer could go up the hill, she asked the fire department to help her and ...

Gordon wrote the book "The Homeless Christmas Tree" in 2005. Depending on who you ask, the tree's origin story may vary. But Gordon says it all started with a woman named Carla Christian 30 years ago.

The dead “Homeless Christmas Tree,” left, was joined by another tree in 2015. Joyce Marshall Star-Telegram archives Loved too much and decorated too often, the lonely mimosa “homeless tree ...

Tents and sleeping bags always line the block of Congress Avenue that runs beneath the Interstate 69 bridge. But this week, the downtown sidewalk is also covered with about a dozen Christmas trees ...

NEW ORLEANS — A day after city workers removed his Christmas tree, a homeless man and his friends living under the Pontchartrain Expressway have their holiday spirit once more.

The war on Christmas appeared to land on Fox News’ doorstep. A 49-year-old homeless firebug set fire to a 50-foot artificial Christmas tree in front of Fox News Headquarters in Midtown early ...

Charlotte’s Samaritan House shelter erected a “crutch Christmas tree” Thursday to celebrate the unique segment of the homeless population it serves. The small nonprofit, which soon ...

Like, this is Christmas. They deserve to be in the holiday spirit too.” Melanson first brought the animal angel tree to Lake Area Animal Hospital last holiday season and she brought it back this year.

The holiday season is as much about getting in the spirit as it is about giving back. The annual "Celebration of Trees" fundraiser for ANEW Place does both. Our Kendall Claar shows you how.

Fort Worth, Texas (WFAA) - For the last three decades, the people of Fort Worth have had a special connection with a scraggly tree on a hill off Interstate 30.