Your Christmas tree - Real or Artifical?

[Lord Bracknell]

The final week before Christmas is the time to put up the tree

Far too early. Christmas Eve, AFTER SUNSET, is the time that Christmas trees go up.

 

[dougdeep]

Far too early. Christmas Eve, AFTER SUNSET, is the time that Christmas trees go up.

And then do the Christmas shopping.

 

[Taybha]

We just caught that as well. Might look into it. You can actually tag your tree and have the same one back every year.

sounds a good idea and if you can have the same one every year no need to take the deccies off it

 

[Bry Nylon]

Far too early. Christmas Eve, AFTER SUNSET, is the time that Christmas trees go up.

Now, you see, I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that; but my better half insists the tree is up and dressed by the 20th at the latest...

I'd love to put the tree up on Christmas Eve, get the log fire roaring and read my little daughter a few chapters from "A Box of Delights."

 

[User removed 4]

Nice chavvy fibre optic one !

 

[Lord Bracknell]

And then do the Christmas shopping.

If you're referring to the quick visit to Debenhams on 27 December (for some left-over gift vouchers), followed by a drive to my brother's house for tea, I'll not disagree.

 

[ewe2]

Far too early. Christmas Eve, AFTER SUNSET, is the time that Christmas trees go up.

.......oh i wish !

 

[Statto]

We allways have a real one. 12 days before and 12 days after is the traditon here.

 

[tedebear]

Can you and BoF just expand what you mean by returning to nature?

Do you mean, let all the fields grow out of control and return to waste shrub land? I'm not having a go at you alone, but the majority of the people in this country are becoming disconnected from rural England.

Ask yourself, what makes the British countryside? It's not the 'let it return to nature', its the farming, the roaming of livestock that tenders the fields and gives the countryside its rich green natural beauty. Farming has been a lifestyle to this country, its not a chore to the people who enjoy it, its their livelihood. Without them, the British countryside would not be its beauty it currently is.

Wind your neck in, I said either put to better use (ie farming) or returned to nature (usually it was coppice/wooded nature reserve)...

Waste shrub land? Who mentioned that? Jeeesh touchy!

 

[SurreySeagulls]

We got our (fake) tree from Hanningtons in 1981 and it is still going strong. All branches and needles are individual. Takes frigging ages to put up but looks fantastic and doesn't look like a piece of plastic made in China.

 

[black & white seagull]

True that. But once you factor in all the emissions chopping 'em down and getting 'em to you, and the Council collecting most of 'em for woodchip/composting, I'm not sure that it's really ...

What about the emissions created in the manufacture of a plastic tree and transporting it from China/Taiwan/wherever?