Name: Fake or real: What’s the best tree to have at Christmas? 6 Minute English
Uploaded: 2020-03-23T04:10:27.000Z
Duration: 6 min 34 s
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family, eating lots, partying, presents –

and generally indulging – what’s not to like?

Neil: Indulging – allowing yourself to have

enjoy. Well, it only happens once a year,

Sam. But for those of us who do celebrate

Neil: Not just that, Sam. I mean it comes

But let’s start off with a quiz question

record for having the most lights on it –

Sam: Well, I don’t think you could fit 194, 673

lights on a Christmas tree, so I’ll say a) 19,672.

Neil: OK. Well, we’ll find out how ‘bright’

ultimate Christmas decoration. It’s part of

But what impact do Christmas trees - real

and artificial - have on the environment?

hear from some of the BBC Learning English

So the idea of something that stays green

all year, so bringing that into your house it,

Jiaying: I just think a real Christmas tree

And it's just the tradition to get a real

about the nature, the smell, the feel, the

look of the tree and I like it to be sustainable.

So, as long as I get my tree from a person

that promises to grow two or three in its

Neil: Yes, I agree – you can’t beat having a

real Christmas tree. And as Phil said, it’s

symbolic – it represents something important

– and here a Christmas tree is the symbol

tradition – something that’s done regularly

– and I’d agree it makes things more festive

– a word to describe the joyful feeling you

get when celebrating something like Christmas.

Christmas tree is a fake or artificial one,

which is what Feifei from our team has in

Feifei: We have a plastic Christmas tree,

it's plastic so you can re-use it every year

plastic – so that’s not great for recycling

– but the good thing is she uses it year

Sam: Ah, but even Feifei admits it doesn’t

have the smell and feel of a real tree. It’s

Neil: Yes – what’s best for us and what’s

atmosphere and nitrogen from the soil –

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Fake or real: What’s the best tree to have at Christmas? 6 Minute English

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