Never buy a Christmas tree that's had a block of wood hammered into the bottom as a base as there's no way for it to take up water. When you get it home, saw the bottom 3cm off the trunk of a cut tree ...
The picture above was taken in north Georgia, where Bradford pears are growing in dense stands like briar patches. Despite the pear in their name. these trees smell far from the sweet-smelling fruit.
For most theme parks, Christmas is a distant memory. However, one park's Christmas celebration only finished at the end of last week and there's good reason for this.