Joy of Christmas

It may be barely November, but festive fears are already afoot with warnings over a Christmas Tree shortage.

Subsidy cuts in Denmark mean that the number of trees exported to Scotland will be chopped by a third this year.

But Scots producers say there’s plenty of evergreenery to go round.

The Christmas Tree originated in Germany in the 16th century but wasn’t widely used in Britain until it was introduced by Queen Victoria’s prospective husband Prince Albert.

But this year there are fears for this symbol of festive cheer….cuts in subsidies to Denmark mean that imports to this country will be chopped by over a third, say the British Christmas Tree Growers’ Association.

At Drynie, on the Black Isle, trees are actually exported out to Germany as well as being delivered across Scotland, England and to France at the rate of around twenty thousand a day. The firm behind the firs say the industry in Scotland at least isn’t being cut down to size.

And forestry bosses say that if you’re gearing up for Christmas and stick to Scots trees, yule be guaranteed somewhere to hang your tinsel and baubles.

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