Ghost of Christmas Past

Jamie: 10th Jan 2006 - 14:58 GMT

initially my brain said "where, where?" then it said "oh, the tree"

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 10th Jan 2006 - 15:03 GMT

Astoria is full of christmas tumbleweeds. People have put them out in the street but the garbage men won't pick them up. Our tree is ornament-less, but still taking up a large portion onf my living room. I may have to mount a covert operation to dispose of it.

Peter: 10th Jan 2006 - 15:06 GMT

in front of the very large apartment building near the subway stop i get off at coming home, i saw a pile of christmas trees- probably 3-4 trees high and about 15 trees long- spanning down half the block. it was too dark to snap a photo, though... maybe ill pass it today when the sun is still up...

jack: 10th Jan 2006 - 16:04 GMT

we kids use to collect the trees and bring them to a lot along kings highway in brooklyn and burn them at night. we would stand there in the cold and watch the flames go high up. when you burn a tree it goes up real fast and flames out so you have a charcoal stump at the end. then you grind them down for mulch. makes good mulch for tomato plants. perhaps i'll post my poem on tomatoes which won an award.

Peter: 10th Jan 2006 - 16:05 GMT

lets hear that poem, jack!

i hear that in san freancisco, every year, they drag the dead christmas trees out onto ocean beach and have huge bonfires with them there...

elaine: 10th Jan 2006 - 17:21 GMT

i saw some today, but they looked suspicious to me, like they had been artfully dumped by a trader... i saw lots today but i didn't have my camera, ooh la la!

Peter: 19th Jun 2006 - 16:35 GMT

and this past weekend, someone threw out an artificial christmas tree: