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From Reuters:

Chinese producers of plastic Christmas trees and other festive decorations say orders from U.S. clients, which are crucial for their business, should have started to come in by now. But because of surging import tariffs, they haven’t.

[Reuters, April 10, 2025]

I never had a plastic Christmas Tree. But I recall having said something about the fact that they tend to come from China to a friend a few months ago. Should the center-piece of many Christmas living roons be made in a country that persecutes Christians as a matter of state policy?

In cheerier Christmas Tree news, I published many fun Christmas Tree links in Newsletter Leaf Journal 166, which hit inboxes and feed readers on December 23, 2023.

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Santa Owl by Michal Rzeszutek (Openclipart - boican's album)
A cartoon owl in a Santa hat bearing two wrapped presents. The image is on Open Clip Art and in the public domain.

I enjoy some of the fun public domain images on Openclipart. For Christmas 2022, I shared a “cat Christmas tree” over at The New Leaf Journal. This year, I will use my new social posting site (it seems more conducive for the purpose) to share a fun Openclipart Christmas owl posted by Openclipart artist Michal Rzeszutek.

Public domain Openclipart image of a round cartoon owl in a Santa hat holding a blue and green wrapped present in each of its wings. The owl is looking straight at the reader as if it wants to share its presents. Image by Michal Rzeszutek.
Public domain image from Openclipart by Michal Rzeszutek.

Merry Christmas!