A sign of the times, maybe. For the last thirty years come December Fountain Forestry turned up at the corner of Alma Road and Whiteladies Road in Clifton to sell Christmas trees. In past years the whole corner was covered in trees for sale. It's been a traditional point of time in the annual year with the shed needles still visible in the summer around the permanent trees there. Today I wandered up past this spot for the first time in ages and noticed the trees were there. But, as opposed to previous years, very few for sale. In the heavy rain it made for a tragic view of times past. Now I don't know if whoever now is selling the trees had had a run on sales and starting to run out of stock, but given it is only December 7th this is a moot point. On the opposite corner the Dobbies local houseplant shop had a 20% sale of all Christmas decorations in place. Maybe the reports of less spending this Christmas are true, and I could suggest this is no bad thing, if Christmas becomes less about consumerism and more about being with people or giving something back.
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