60 min listen
Norwegian Spruce: Our Viking Christmas Tree; aka ‘The Return of the Native’
FromTrees A Crowd
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Dec 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
BONUS EPISODE: For Christmas, David Oakes explores the cultural importance of the non-native Christmas Tree, the Norwegian Spruce (Picea abies). Although native to our shores before the most recent Ice Age, it took Vikings from Scandanavia, Princes from Saxe-Coburg, Violinists from Italy and Horses from Aintree to truly root the Norwegian Spruce into our National identity - and that's not to mention any British Christmas rituals. Weekly episodes available early AND bonus content made free to forage by "Subscribtion Squirrels" on our Patreon. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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