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After the cribs, the traditional Christmas tree, a new object of controversy

2021-12-23T16:37:48.637Z


The magic of Christmas “responsible version” gives rise to “zero waste workshops”, “association stands” and… “alternatives to the cut tree”. In front of the town hall of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, there are ...


The magic of Christmas

“responsible version”

gives

rise to “zero waste workshops”

,

“association stands”

and…

“alternatives to the cut tree”

.

In front of the town hall of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, a string of silhouettes made by

“craftsmen”

from reclaimed wood and drawings of schoolchildren have been planted.

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In the 14, still in Paris, wire triangles weighted with sandbags "adorn" the square.

In Bordeaux, the municipality ordered, from a local artist, a

"green structure tending towards emerald, eleven meters high, in glass and steel, as close as possible to the representation of a Christmas tree. Christmas ”

, according to the description of the ecological mayor Pierre Hurmic.

But all the citizens were not convinced: in Paris as in Bordeaux, residents exasperated by

"these ideological diktats"

installed, and decorated together, their own Christmas tree.

"It started with a form of bravado from one of our members

," says Eric Bombardi, vice-president ...

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Source: lefigaro

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