Posted on 11/30/2008 10:57:46 PM PST by CE2949BB
SAN FRANCISCOOfficials here want residents to celebrate Christmas this year without killing another tree.
The San Francisco Department of the Environment and Friends of the Urban Forest say residents can pay $90 for a potted tree in their home that will be picked up and planted on a city street after the holidays.
The trees offeredsouthern magnolia, small leaf tristania, strawberry and New Zealand Christmas treesmay not look traditional, but they all thrive in the area's climate.
http://www.sfenvironment.org/greenchristmas
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
So does this one:
Of course, they probably wouldn't get too many of these turned in after Christmas (at least with the leaves still on), but they would sure sell a bunch.
Will Bambi celebrate Christmas in the white house or will it be Kwanzaa next year?
I'm dreaming of a non-denominational Holiday
With every seasonal email I compose
May your days be merry but not tarnished by consumption of excess carbon fuels or alcoholic beverages.
And may all your seasonal celebrations be appropriate.
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