She died after skiing off piste and crashing into a tree during a winter holiday in the Tyrol region of Austria.

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The East Room has been transformed into a winter wonderland, complete with four trees and garland and tree branches in every window.

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New York has experienced only 2.06 inches of rain the past 20 days after a winter that set records for snow, which funneled water to tree roots.

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It is said that the Romans often cut down a fir tree to keep in their houses during the sparse winter months as a form of appeasement to the goddess Ceres (originally Demeter, Greek goddess of the hearth).

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