Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 depends on how you look at it technically, there are no simple answers.... like i said, how about a live tree? but...lets look at the other two a cut tree tree is grown on a farm, covered in pesticides, fungicides, and wot have you, till it is cut and transported a few thousand miles away, to be tossed in someones home fer a few weeks, and then chucked on the sidewalk, unless yer lucky and have a way to compost it...(some cities do nowadays..i know oakland does) on the other paw..at least it was a living thing at one time artificial....here you have a tree made out of a rapidily disapperaing resource(oil), which will never be repleaced...and of course all the waste-products that enter along the way from production of said *tree* on the other paw...it lasts a ga-zillion years, er until you get sick of lookin at it.. me..if i had to, i'd look into a live tree... one that you either plant afterwards, er that you keep in a big ol pot outside and drag indoors fer the holidays... fraggle >Anouk Sickler <zurumato >Jan 9, 2006 11:42 AM > > Re: Yule memories > >this is probably a stupid question. > >but which is better, plastic or real? > >I've seen a lot of discarded trees on the sidewalk, seems to me >like what could amount to a small forest, just for a tradition. > >but then again, I know that plastic trees, are very harmful to the >earth. > >don't mean to start an argument, just curious. > > > > > > > > , " earthstrm " <earthstorm@c...> wrote: >> >> Hi Jo >> >> Sounds like a wonderful list of memories. >> >> I try every year to acquire some small ornament or decoration that >> reminds me of what Zak or our family has done/accomplished that >> year. Unfortunately this was the first year I could not find >> anything. But I have until December to do so, so I haven't given up >> yet. >> >> BB >> Nikk >> >> , " jo " <jo.heartwork@g...> wrote: >> > >> > I was shocked to wake up this morning and find it was 11.30!!! I >> knew I was suffering from going back to work, but didn't think I >> needed that much extra sleep. >> > >> > We set about taking down our Yule decorations, and as I took the >> ornaments off the tree and wrapped them in tissue to put away, I >> realised that almost all the ornaments have special sentimental >> value. There are two fine glass ornaments, now tarnished, a Santa >> Claus and a fir tree which belonged to my grandmother, who died in >> 1958, an ornament made from cardboard, crepe paper and a piece of >> sparkly paper, that my daughter made when she was 3, a lino cut of a >> Yule tree that Peter made when he was about 6, some small wooden >> ornaments which my brother bought when he lived in Germany - he died >> in 2001. There is a small mandolin type instrument which signifies >> my children's musical talents, a little flox robin which my budgie >> used to like, and many more. >> > >> > I have a 'smoking man' (for use with incense cones) which my mum >> and dad gave me as a souvenier from their German holiday. My mum >> died in 1973 and my dad in 1988. >> > >> > They are all packed away for another year - but next year I will >> remember again :-) >> > >> > BB >> > Jo >> > >> > > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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