the Christmas tree in this town in Loire-Atlantique is the subject of debate

In Saint-Père-en-Retz, we do things locally. The large Christmas tree displayed in front of the church comes from the town. But in the neighborhood where it was recovered, the tree's former neighbors are up in arms.

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We can regularly ask ourselves the question of the origin of the products we consume. It is the same sometimes for the decorations, and in this period before Christmas and after the installation of the garlands in the streets of Saint-Père-en-Retz, it is the church which has just been lined with 'a magnificent tree.

“Parting with it for six short weeks of exhibition”

The latter comes from the Moulin Bertrand district where for fifteen years it developed to the delight of the neighborhood. It's ''local production'', of course, but that makes heartache to part with it for six short weeks of exhibition bitterly resented his ex-neighborhood.