Christmas Trees Will Be More Expensive This Year — But There Will Be Plenty to Go Around

Photo: Getty Rockin' around the Christmas tree is about to be a little pricier. Christmas tree buyers should expect to pay more for pine, fir and spruce trees than they did last year, according to aCNNreport. But what is responsible for this holiday season price hike? Rather than a lone Scrooge, the culprit is inflation. Like for so many other products right now, inflation is leading to higher consumer costs — and agricultural inflation is particularly high.

Christmas with Queen Camilla! Royal Opens London Home to Kids for Tree Trimming with Santa

Queen Camilla.Photo: Paul Grover/AP/Shutterstock It’s Christmas at Clarence House — andQueen Camillagot some special help with decorating! Camilla, 75, opened the doors of the London home she shares withKing Charlesto welcome children from two charities she supports. It is an annual tradition at the home but the first time Camilla has done so as Queen. It came on the morning after she and Charles welcomed thediplomatic community to Buckingham Palacefor another festive occasion, a white tie reception complete with tiaras.

Christmas-Themed Date Night! Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Snap a Sweet Selfie at Fa La Land

Katy PerryandOrlando Bloomare havinga cozy littleholiday season. Early Monday, the pop star, 34, shared an adorable selfie on her Instagram story of the couple posing in front of rows upon rows ofelves on shelves— a display that’s part ofpop-up Christmas museum Fa La Land, located in East Los Angeles. In the photo, Bloom, 41, and Perry are touching foreheads and smiling sweetly at the camera. Sporting a red beret and matching plaid dress, the “Roar” musician blended in perfectly with her surroundings.

Christopher Columbus Says Slavery Was ‘Better than Getting Killed’ in New Videos Approved for Florida Students

First Landing of Christopher Columbus.Photo:Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty One of the videos, which has recently gone viral on social media, utilizes Columbus as a means of instructing students about slavery. “Slavery is as old as time and has taken place in every corner of the world,” the fictional Columbus says in one of the videos. “Even among the people I just left.” The video continues: “Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no?

Christopher Darden on O.J. Simpson, 25 Years After Infamous Murders: 'I Hate That He Is Free'

Photo: POO/AFP/Getty Images Christopher Dardencan’t believe 25 years have passed since the high-profile murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman — and the ensuing“Trial of the Century”that rocked the nation. “It just hit me over the weekend that it’s been 25 years,” Darden, who spoke about the sensational O.J. Simpson murder trial at 2019’s CrimeCon in New Orleans, tells PEOPLE. Now an attorney with his own law firm, the Darden Law Group, the 63-year-old worked for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office whenNicole Brown Simpson, 35,the NFL great’s ex-wife, and Goldman, a waiter and part-time model, 25, were murdered in the courtyard of her Brentwood, Calif.