Christmas Trees

It seems to be some sort of tradition in Berlin that once Christmas is over, instead of putting your Christmas tree in the bin, recycling it, or using it as firewood, you throw it out of the window. As I was walking the other day I saw someone on the third floor balcony carefully manoeuvring their tree right onto the edge, and then giving it a final push until it fell and crash landed on the floor below. Luckily noone was walking or driving past at the time. The pavements are all currently littered with sad, abandoned Christmas trees, lying where they have been heartlessly pushed off the balcony, or swept up into great tree graveyards on street corners. As if January wasn’t cold, grey and miserable enough!