Our Christmas Tree Was Stolen!

Before you get too worried, it was not the actual tree in our house that got stolen. Even if it was that tree, it would not be a huge tragedy since it is a 4ft plastic tree that we bought for £6.99.

There is a row of shops by our local train station: an Italian restaurant, a deli, a gallery, a chippy, a convenience store, etc. This area is the heart of Honor Oak Park. It had been decorated nicely for Christmas with lights on the lamp posts and a Christmas tree on the island in the middle of the road in front of the train station. It wasn't a great tree, but it was our tree. A few days after it was put up, I was walking to the train station and I noticed that the tree was gone. Well, it would have been one thing if it was just gone, but it was worse than that. The lower few branches of the tree were still there, but it had been sawn off about three quarters of the way down the trunk. Some dirty bugger had decapitated our tree! Welcome to Southeast London.

Merry Christmas!

JE