“Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, of all the trees most lovely…”

I vaguely remember this song being sung when I was at primary school. Not by me of course. I was too cool for carol singing even at seven years of age. I was however reminded of this song recently when I learned there are over 500,000 acres of xmas trees are cut down in America each year for the holiday season.

Add this to Europe’s demand which is 50% greater, and that means that for a month a year we are cutting down xmas trees faster than we are destroying the rain forests. But you do not see Sting writing a protest song about the poor humble Norwegian Spruce, do you? Maybe if they were farmed by naked men with a plate in their lower lip, or by women with giraffe necks he would feel differently about the issue? That perpetual hard-on of his has clearly deprived blood from the bit of his brain that cares for the environment outside South America.

This year I am doing my bit to save the Christmas Tree forests by not having a Christmas tree. Instead, I will be wrapping some lights around a Yukka plant in the corner of my living room, which is already dying anyway, so I am not killing anything else for Christmas (apart from a delicious Turkey or two).

I am also sending all my friends and family Christmas cards via Facebook and email this year, as another way to prove my green credentials.

What are you going to do this festive season to help save cash the planet?

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