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This year, foster a Christmas tree instead of throwing one away

sudshr47 December 13, 2018

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The weeks after Christmas always involve a brutal massacre — of trees.

New York City is already a hideous, odiferous noxious cesspool of waste. The city is magically even more toxic in the days following December 25. All along along our broken streets you’ll see the bodies of the Christmas dead: Balsam, Douglas Fir, Frasier Fir.

It doesn’t have to be this way. People can make a different choice: they can foster a lil’ Christmas tree and help it grow into a beautiful adult tree. 

Fostering a Christmas tree isn’t so different from fostering, say, a pet. But, instead of taking care of some nasty cat you’re responsible for watering a silent plant. What a dream.  Read more…

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Half Christmas trees hope to stop your pets and kids from messing with the tree

sudshr47 November 28, 2018

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Concerned that your pet or toddler will destroy your beloved Christmas tree and everything on it? Then perhaps a half Christmas tree is for you?

Two different varieties of half Christmas trees are currently being sold on the UK-based online retailer Argos for £33.33 and £37.50. Each one stands six-feet tall and only contains branches and leaves on the top half of the tree. 

Curious as to what they look like? Well, just take a peak at these gangly, fake evergreens.

There’s the lush-ish green option:

So bare.

So bare.

Image: Argos

Or, a snowier choice:

Snowy and bare.

Snowy and bare.

Image: argos

The general idea — err hope, is that the lack of bottom branches will keep your pets and small children from destroying your ornaments or ingesting anything dangerous. Plus, you can expect to have more room for presents underneath the half-tree than you would a full tree. Read more…

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Amazon will ship live Christmas trees to your door — but will they stay and put on the damn lights?

sudshr47 September 12, 2018

Amazon is taking its live plant delivery services to a new level. 
The online retailer announced that starting this November, Amazon Prime members will be able to ship a plant much bigger than those tiny succulents you’ve been eyeing. The compan…

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Amazon will ship live Christmas trees to your door — but will they stay and put on the damn lights?

sudshr47 September 12, 2018

Amazon is taking its live plant delivery services to a new level. 
The online retailer announced that starting this November, Amazon Prime members will be able to ship a plant much bigger than those tiny succulents you’ve been eyeing. The compan…

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Stubborn dogs attempt to stop human disposing of Christmas tree

sudshr47 January 15, 2018

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NO HUMAN, YOU CAN’T CANCEL CHRISTMAS JUST BECAUSE IT’S JANUARY.

A video uploaded to the German Shepherd Dog Community Facebook group has gone viral. In the clip a foolish human goes to throw out a Christmas tree, while two German shepherds try to foil his dastardly attempt to banish Christmas cheer.

Thank God for German shepherds. Read more…

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Christmas Christmas Tree Culture Mariah Mariah Carey

Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey has issued her order on when to take down the tree

sudshr47 December 28, 2017

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Alas, Christmas is all but done and dusted. But, Mariah Carey isn’t anywhere near ready to bid farewell to her favourite time of the year. 

You might recall that Mariah put up her Christmas tree back at the beginning of October. Well, she’s now advocating leaving the damn thing up until July. 

Ryan Seacrest—host of Live with Kelly and Ryan—popped a rather divisive question to his followers regarding the protocol for taking down a Christmas tree and its decorations. 

When is it appropriate to take down your Christmas tree and decorations? Asking for a friend

— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) December 27, 2017 Read more…

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This dad’s stunned reaction to the suggestion of a fake Christmas tree has gone super viral

sudshr47 December 20, 2017

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If you’re so much as considering getting a fake tree for Christmas this year, you had better be damn sure not to mention it in front of this guy.

On Monday, 21-year-old Madison Napoli took to Twitter to share a spectacular insight into her family’s festive home life.

My mom suggested to my dad that they get an artificial tree this year, and he wasn’t too thrilled 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Vc9P4HRLqR

— Christmas Madds ☃🎄 (@madnap21) December 16, 2017

Here’s the video, in all its glory:

Have you ever seen a man so impressively unimpressed? Read more…

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RIP: The country’s most tragic Christmas tree has died

sudshr47 December 19, 2017

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Better luck next Christmas, Rhode Island.

The Christmas tree in the rotunda at the Rhode Island statehouse has died, the Associated Press reported Friday. The pine’s demise comes after it lost a shocking number of needles over the last month, which by this week had blanketed the fake snow around its trunk. 

It was a sad — and not very Christmas-y — sight to behold.

Image: Michelle R. Smith/AP/REX/Shutterstock

Despite originally insisting that the deteriorating specimen would not be replaced, officials cut its remains down early this week. Read more…

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Airbus Christmas Tree Culture Flight Tracker Transportation

An airplane drew a Christmas tree on a flight tracker because why not

sudshr47 December 14, 2017

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How far would you go for a Christmas gif?

Airbus A380 — the world’s largest passenger plane — carried out a very festive test flight over Germany on Wednesday, as can be viewed on flight tracker websites.

An early Christmas gif from the @Airbus A380.

See how Airbus drew their tree at https://t.co/YQPtQ179tG pic.twitter.com/ah1eBzFGGY

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 13, 2017

A spokesperson for Airbus told The Telegraph that this was a regulation test flight, of which there are hundreds every year.

“Thanks to the co-operation of the air traffic controllers (Eurocontrol and DFS), it was possible to fly that Christmas tree flight path,” they said. “It was the idea of test pilots and engineers — an Airbus greeting to all aviation fans during this Christmas period.” Read more…

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