Journal of Alta California

Your Christmas Tree Has a Name

hough the tradition of chopping down a tree in the forest for the Christmas holidays went out of style in the 19th century, the problem of what to do, post-yuletide, with the ones we buy off lots or at tree farms persists. We tug their dried-out carcasses to the curb, but then what happens? Do they really get recycled? And when it comes to

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