How the trees themselves "feel", delighted and proud during the festive season.

 While walking through every corner of Berlin these days, I've noticed so many abandoned Christmas trees dumped on the sidewalks.

Before the holidays, Berliners bought them to bring home, decorate, and celebrate the Christmas season with their families. I can't help imagining how happy those trees must have felt while fulfilling their wonderful role; sparkling with lights and ornaments, bringing joy to everyone.

But once Christmas is over, they suddenly become bio-waste, left out on the street.

People often think they're turned into food for the animals at the Berlin Zoo, but actually, that's not quite true for the used trees from homes.

The ones collected by BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) are usually shredded and recycled into compost or used in biomass power plants to generate energy, a very eco-friendly end.

Only unsold trees from shops sometimes go to the zoo as a special treat for the animals. I wonder how the trees themselves "feel", delighted and proud during the festive season, but perhaps a little sad or relieved when it's all over? What do you think?

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