From our 2010 archive.
Not a Charlie Brown Christmas tree either.
In December of 2010, German police in the city of Koblenz discovered a 7 foot Marijuana plant used as a Christmas tree, with lights and decorations just like the common pine or fir versions.
One newspaper even had a picture, which, alas, we could not find any longer.
According to one publication, the police commented: "All you need is love - oder: Auch ein Hippie feiert Weihnachten..."
Which not only shows holiday spirit on the part of the police spokesperson but also once more how deeply the lyrics of the Beatles have taken root in German culture.
That brings us to the real subject of the post.
Use the comment feature of the blog to tell us about your favorite non-standard Christmas tree.
Our all time favorite so far is a big tree made out of over one hundred small individual little dark green toy trees, on sale at Long's or Walgreen's one Christmas season years ago, then assembled and re-wired into one big tree. In its dormant state, the tree is not much of a looker, just one big mass of plastic. When you plug in the power chord, it springs to life, with lots of blinking lights and a hundred tiny velvet mouths singing a more or less coordinated song.
Merry Christmas.
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