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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: A Christmas tree's always festooned in memories

So what is it to be – a Nordmann fir or a Norway spruce? There may be people who don’t bother having a Christmas tree but my household is not one of them. There may be people who don’t bother having a tree but my household is not one of them I’m wondering why this tradition has lasted so long when countless others have dwindled Our childhood tree always came from the local greengrocer and had to be crammed into a small lift to carry it up to our flat. If the task had been left to our mother, I doubt we would have had a tree at all, but our Canadian atheist father loved the tree, taking control of proceedings, including the nightmarish untangling of the lights and dire warnings of what would happen if one of us clumsily trod on them and the whole lot blew. Last week, I was lucky enough to be given a hard-hat tour of what will be a series of beautiful members’ rooms when it opens next May, along with a reworked Sainsbury Wing entrance hall.

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