Climate Change Killing Kansas City Christmas Tree Tradition

A counterintuitive argument

"If kept for at least 5-10 years, artificial trees ultimately leave less of a carbon footprint than natural trees that are composted or incinerated each year. If your goal is instead to support local wildlife and help the world retain its biodiversity, a natural tree is a better option. "

Even more friendly . . .

No matter what their name, grabbing a friend by their neck and shoving a carton of cigarettes in their chest whilst screaming: "Merry f*cking Christmas . . . Hey, smoke up Johnny!!!"

Be we're not here to hate on the traditions of our betters . . .

In fact, this isn't even a formal complaint . . . 

We're just sharing a quick peek at a bit of environmental drama hidden within a Kansas City metro Christmas story and probably caused by your mom's SUV. . . Check-it: 

The past few summers in Missouri have been particularly dry. During the summer, Roy had to water the Canaan Fir trees, which are more susceptible to drought, every morning and night.

“We don't water every tree, we just couldn’t — there's not enough water,” Carol said. “There's not enough time, there's not enough money. The Scotch pine tolerates a drought a little bit more. But if it's a first-year seedling out there in the field and we get a really dry, hot summer, we can lose up to 50% of those trees.”

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A lasting Kansas City Christmas tradition: Picking out a tree from this couple's farm