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# Christmas Tree

Last year
2022
# Your Say
Poll: When will you take down your Christmas decorations?
Will you wait until 6 January or have you taken everything down already?
# Your Say
Poll: Are you taking down your Christmas tree today?
Many people traditionally take down their Christmas decorations today.
All time
# Your Say
Poll: Have you put up your Christmas tree yet?
It’s not that far away now, to be fair.
# Your Say
Poll: Are you looking forward to Christmas?
How are you feeling about the festive period ahead?
# oh christmas tree
Green Party Minister encourages people to buy a real Christmas tree
Irish growers produce around 650,000 Christmas trees each year.
# Your Say
Poll: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
The countdown to Christmas has well and truly begun.
# Your Say
Poll: Are you bringing your Christmas tree to a disposal facility?
Or will it linger in your back garden for the next decade?
# Your Say
Poll: When are you taking down your Christmas tree?
Some people want to keep the festive spirit going for as long as possible.
# Your Say
Poll: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
Sure it’s December 1st today.
# Your Say
Poll: When are you taking down your Christmas tree?
You happy to leave them up or are the decorations becoming an eyesore?
# greenery
5 plants to replace your Christmas tree when it's gone
Even for the laziest plant-owners.
# Christmas Abroad
Three non-Irish gals tell us how they celebrate Christmas
The French have a lot of cheese and champagne – go figure!
# Áras Message
Michael D Higgins' message for the homeless as he lights Áras Christmas tree
The president singled out the homeless and those in direct provision in his address.
# Your Say
Poll: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
It is December afterall.
# get it up
Are you putting up your Christmas Tree today?
Party season has officially arrived.
# christmas in july
Serbia's capital has only now taken down its €83,000 Christmas tree
There was public anger last year when the cost of the tree emerged.
# the gift of giving
Rome's 'baldy' Christmas tree is being made into a family hut and souvenirs
The €48,000 tree was labelled an international embarrassment after it was declared dead on its arrival.
# much loved
Dead on arrival, Rome's 'mangy' Christmas tree set to be immortalised
Many said the tree – which cost around €48,000 – was a metaphor for the state of the Italian capital.
# timberrrrrrr
Here's how to recycle your Christmas tree and break a world record at the same time
It’s a novel way to get rid of your tree.
# be gone tree
Getting rid of that Christmas tree? Here's where you can recycle it for free
There are centres up around the country to dispose of your tree for free.
# oh christmas tree
'You'd get sick of the sight of them': Christmas tree growers are back to work this week
While Christmas 2017 has come to an end for most of us, Christmas 2018 is just beginning for the growers.
# spruce up needed
'Baldy toilet brush': Locals aren't happy with Rome's wilted Christmas tree
The tree cost the city almost €50,000.
# Your Say
Poll: Have you put up your Christmas tree yet?
‘Tis the season.
# oh christmas tree
Buying your Christmas tree this weekend? Here's how to pick the right one and keep it fresh
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
# oh christmas tree
How civil war in the Ukraine and a late frost in Germany affects a Christmas tree grower in Wicklow
The last few weeks in November are always busiest for the nation’s Christmas tree growers, with mass harvesting beginning.
# Timber
Want to break a world record for throwing a Christmas tree?
Get ready for this year’s competition, taking place on 8 January.
# A for effort
This couple bought a 20ft Christmas tree and cut it in half so it looks like it goes through the roof
The real spirit of Christmas.
# a very bucky christmas
This massive Buckfast Christmas tree is nothing short of majestic
Well Bucky fans, you’ve outdone yourselves this time.
# yippee ki-yay
This Christmas tree ornament is the best present you can get a Die Hard fan
Ho ho ho.
# guinness navidad
This Irish bar in New York has made an epic Christmas tree with kegs of Guinness
As you do.
# Sad
This woman's hilariously rubbish 'Christmas tree' from Argos is going viral on Facebook
The tree equivalent of a bout of prolonged crying.
# XMas Cheer
Enda Kenny turns on the Christmas lights in Dublin's north inner city
A candlelight vigil was also held to remember those that have died from drugs.
# Your Say
Poll: When's the right time to put up your Christmas tree?
Do you put yours up straight after Halloween, or wait till the last minute?
# merlin's beard
Harry Potter fans will absolutely adore this woman's magical Christmas tree
This is BEYOND.
# sponsored by budweiser
Vote: Real Christmas tree or fake Christmas tree?
Everyone has their take. Once and for all – who is right?
# Wicklow
Gardaí to step up patrols targeting Christmas tree thieves
An operation that has been running each year since 2011 has dramatically driven down this seasonal crime.
# Your Say
Poll: Have you taken down the tree yet - or are you still clinging on to Christmas?
Can’t quite face taking down the decorations? (Even though you’re sick of looking at them).
# oh christmas tree
Could you break the Irish record for how far you can throw a Christmas tree?
Today is your day.
# all fall down
This hoverboard fail video is 16 seconds of comedy gold
No one and nothing is safe.
# looks like luxembourg
Quiz: What country is this Christmas tree in?
So you think you know your Christmas tree nationalities eh?