{"id":140796,"date":"2023-12-22T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-need-of-last-minute-christmas-decorations-try-the-great-outdoors\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T18:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T11:08:41","slug":"in-need-of-last-minute-christmas-decorations-try-the-great-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-need-of-last-minute-christmas-decorations-try-the-great-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"In need of last-minute Christmas decorations? Try the great outdoors!"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPlants infinitely more festive (and planet-friendly) than plastic holly can be found in your own backyardHo, ho, ho-w\u2019s your tree looking? I grew up in a\u00a0household built on comforting regularity. We would, unfailingly, buy our Christmas tree on the weekend before Christmas and begrudgingly pack everything back in the box for the attic just before Twelfth Night. This was the 90s, so the carpet would be smothered in pine needles by New Year\u2019s Day, but\u00a0nevertheless, we persisted.It\u2019s clearly something that\u2019s stayed with me because when I saw people merrily carrying home Christmas trees during the last weekend in November, I couldn\u2019t shake the sense that it was somewhat early. But this seems to be the way of things now: a full month of decorative spruce before throwing it to the curb come 27 December. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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