Growing up in Burney, Mike Vessels associated Christmas with snow and snowmen, but down in Chico there was a gap. It didn’t take he and wife Cory long to discover a substitute — painted tumbleweeds.

Let's face it, there's certainly no shortage of Christmas movies out there. It's nearly impossible to navigate modern television without being bombarded with endless Christmas classics and Hallmark ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado's favorite Christmas movie has deep roots in the Centennial State. The 1989 movie classic "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" — which tells the story of Clark ...