Comments on: Real or fake Christmas tree – Which is greener http://www.guygoesgreen.com/real-or-fake-christmas-tree-which-is-greener/ Wannabe green guy going green Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mrs Green http://www.guygoesgreen.com/real-or-fake-christmas-tree-which-is-greener/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Mrs Green Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:21:03 +0000 http://www.guygoesgreen.com/?p=241#comment-175 We do something completely different, as chosen by DD a couple of years ago. We were coming home one December day and we were following a huge lorry. "What's on the back of it?" DD asked; it was full of cut Christmas trees. Now she's big into trees and she just started to cry. She couldn't believe that people actually cut down her beloved trees, took them indoors for 3 weeks and then dumped them. She could see instantly it was such a waste. Since then we've had a family tradition - we go and choose some branches from her favourite magnolia tree in our garden. We cut them off, bring them indoors and decorate them. Afterwards they are dried and burned on our fire. You can read more about it with this post: http://myzerowaste.com/2008/12/deck-the-halls-well-the-dining-room-actually/ I think it's great that you have raised this issue and you'll help people to make a better environmental choice. We do something completely different, as chosen by DD a couple of years ago.

We were coming home one December day and we were following a huge lorry. “What’s on the back of it?” DD asked; it was full of cut Christmas trees.

Now she’s big into trees and she just started to cry. She couldn’t believe that people actually cut down her beloved trees, took them indoors for 3 weeks and then dumped them. She could see instantly it was such a waste.

Since then we’ve had a family tradition – we go and choose some branches from her favourite magnolia tree in our garden. We cut them off, bring them indoors and decorate them. Afterwards they are dried and burned on our fire. You can read more about it with this post:

http://myzerowaste.com/2008/12/deck-the-halls-well-the-dining-room-actually/

I think it’s great that you have raised this issue and you’ll help people to make a better environmental choice.

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