Straight to the point on this entry, why do people buy black Christmas trees?In a shop, where most of the ground floor is Santas that will drive you crazy within 3 minutes, reindeer that look as if they were made by a 5 year old and other Christmas trash, they have more black Christmas trees than green ones.
A little bit of research and it seems that in past years black trees have become trendy for some reason.
I might be mistaken, but before shops took over Christmas as the celebration of retail spending and a way to balance the sales figures before the new year, Christmas was a celebration of the birth of Christ. Yes I know that it was actually another celebration that was adopted by Christians, but that is a debate for another time.
What I want to know is why would you, even if you're celebrating retail therapy rather than Christ, go out and buy a black tree.
If you run an undertakers perhaps, or are trying to produce a scene for a forest fire you might want a black tree but there is nothing in the least joyful looking about it, in fact if someone were to place one in my house I would find it just a little creepy.
At least if the long summer drought has killed off all the real spruce trees this year they can still be sold, all they need is a quick run over with a blow torch and instantly sellable, which isn't a word but Ill refer you to an earlier post on language.
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Your right, I cannot defend or argue any part of this blog, all I can say is that I believe it has become a design or fashion choice rather than religious celebration, the wife loves black and white furniture and fittings, either together or seperately, a black tree has been discussed quite a few times, but lets see how the tree shopping goes, pretty sure we may end up with a black one too.
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