Comments on: Before tinsel there was Christmas bush

By: Colleen Morris

Colleen Morris — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:38:49 +0000

When I was growing up in the 1950s-60s there was always a young eucalypt sapling cut and tied to the small porch at the back door entrance of my grandparents house in country NSW at Xmas. As the sapling was always fresh on Xmas day I am not sure how many other families followed this practice.

By: Barbara Konkolowicz

Barbara Konkolowicz — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:48:03 +0000

I loved this description of the reinvention of Christmas in the colony and the photos of decorations from E Farm and VH, plus loads of information and inspiration. (Author, author!). I’m rushing off to my garden to find materials with which to decorate my fireplaces. Happy Christmas to you both!