The Trust for Civic Life — a collaborative of 15 grantmakers, mostly high-profile national funders — sees small, local groups as instruments of change — modern versions of the organizations that scholars from Alexis de Tocqueville to Robert Putnam have singled out as a distinguishing feature of American democracy.

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PBS will air “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Sunday, Dec. 13, and there are several ways you can watch it, free of charge and free of ads, according to the TV network’s website. Watch on your local PBS stationYou can watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by simply going to your local PBS channel through your cable company or by using an antenna. Watch on your local PBS Kids channelIf your local PBS station also offers a PBS Kids channel, you’re in luck! The film will not be available on pbskids.org or on the PBS KIDS Video App. RELATED: Charlie Brown specials to air on TV, after all, in PBS deal

From the tree that stands tall and beautiful in Rockefeller Center to the humble Charlie Brown Christmas tree, it wouldn’t be Christmas without the traditional tree. Christmas trees are part of the Christmas spirit, but when and how did this all become such a staple in the Christmas tradition? By the 1890s Christmas ornaments were arriving from Germany and Christmas tree popularity was on the rise around the U.S. The first Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center was in 1931. Workers at the Rockefeller Center construction site put their money together for a 20-foot Christmas tree because they were thankful to have jobs during the great depression.

NEW YORK – Have you seen the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for 2020? The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has officially arrived at the Plaza. 🎄 pic.twitter.com/RapXlMt1Fb — Rockefeller Center (@rockcenternyc) November 14, 2020Here are some of the Twitter user responses to the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree 🎄:What the heck is wrong with the tree??? 2020on brand... pic.twitter.com/6K2n4bX9u7 — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 17, 2020In true 2020 form, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree looks like it tried to cut its own hair pic.twitter.com/HEV0OImQ7u — Chris Ryan 🏳️‍🌈 (@HiChrisRyan) November 15, 2020BE NICE TO THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER CHRISTMAS TREE, IT’S TRYING ITS BEST! A worker helping set up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree found a holiday surprise - a tiny owl among the massive branches.