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This Couple “Rents” Out Christmas Trees, Year After Year
Alexandra Lautarescu, a PhD candidate and Twitter user (@AleLautarescu), recently posted on the social media platform to express her excitement and fascination with what she called a “sustainable X-Mas gem.” She shared a picture of the unadorned, roughly 6-foot Christmas tree she had rented from London Christmas Tree Rental.
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The spruce, pine, or fir trees used for Christmas can be living or artificial, electronic (like those used for Christmas lights), or both. They can be a few to dozens of feet tall, and, believe it or not, there are even “half” and “quarter” Christmas trees. Yes, I did use the word “shapes” quite literally. But things don’t stop there. Renting is an option if you enjoy the real thing but want to practice environmental responsibility. Yes, as it turns out, you can rent a tree in London that comes to your house in a pot, celebrates with you, then waits for the following year in the wild.
Speaking of the rental service, Jonathan Mearns and Catherine Loveless, who we contacted for an interview, founded it.
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One January, while strolling through the streets of London, Jonathan and Catherine came across what can only be described as a graveyard of Christmas trees—used and abandoned after the holidays.
Then the living tree of your choice is delivered to your doorstep for you to place wherever you want around the house (avoid warmer parts of the room or else the tree will think spring came early) and to decorate however you please. Just make sure you also water it with about half a liter of water a day (it comes with its own drip plate, so things won’t get messy.)
Once the season is over, you then set up a time to have the company come pick up the tree, give you back the £30 or $40 deposit, given that the tree hasn’t been obliterated by the kids, the pets, and/or that one family Christmas dinner that nobody talks about. And if you liked the tree, you can reserve it for next season!
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4 comments:
Your gem of a piece is just amazing. There is s a sadness about it and yet happiness as a piece of art. I really like this piece. :-)
Thank you John. I kept playing with it and. I think I stopped in time this time?
Renting a Christmas tree is a brilliant idea. Never heard of this opportunity before but I think there would be a lot of people here in Austria who would be glad to rent one.
Happy weekend, Jacki!
thanks, ELenor. Yes, I agree, a great idea. But I can't go to London!
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