webfact Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Real Christmas trees being snapped up at Baan & Beyond, Thai Watsadu By THE NATION Thais may not really celebrate Christmas but they are as usual getting into the festive spirit and snapping up gifts, home decoration items and, surprisingly, real Christmas trees. Chutiporn Kongjaroensuk, vice president of marketing at CRC Thai Watsadu, operator of home outlet Baan & Beyond and hardware retail chain Thai Watsadu, says the stores started importing fir trees from Canada three years ago and demand has soared, with this year’s pre-orders going up by 25 per cent. The trees are grown in Nova Scotia’s Lunenburg County. “We choose the Balsam Fir species which has a unique aroma and shape and is grown sustainably, she says. “The trees are available in 3 sizes - medium, large and extra large, with heights ranging from 183-280 cm. They are priced Bt4,990, Bt5,990 and Bt6,990 respectively.” Buyers of real Christmas trees will be entitled to a cash coupon valued at Bt1,500-Bt2,500 to purchase home decoration items at all branches of Baan & Beyond and 18 branches of Thai Watsadu, plus 5-per-ccent discount if they pay with Central The One credit card. “We expect that this campaign will attract at least 10-per-cent more customers to our stores,” she said. “Apart from real Christmas trees, Baan & Beyond and Thai Watsadu also have fake Christmas trees, decorative lights, indoor and outdoor Christmas decorations and gifts for your needs during this holiday season,” Chutiporn added. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379483 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-12-16 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 What's funny is that most people, including so-called "Christians", have no idea that Christmas, and celebrating the birth of Christ, was a holiday made up by the church to counter the pagan Winter Solstice holiday. Jesus wasn't born in December, but in September when his parents had to return to Jerusalem for the annual Roman census. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 15 minutes ago, webfact said: Baan & Beyond Copyright infringement??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Baht Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, zydeco said: Copyright infringement??? I was thinking Baan, Baht & Beyond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 27 minutes ago, webfact said: and is grown sustainably, spare us the bs, then shipped thousands of miles using tons of diesel or whatever...........as long as they dont wrap it in plastic though thats fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, Chazar said: spare us the bs, then shipped thousands of miles using tons of diesel or whatever...........as long as they dont wrap it in plastic though thats fine Well I was glad to read they are from Canada. I imagined a mountainside clearcut in western China with Panda bears left homeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 24 minutes ago, Just1Voice said: What's funny is that most people, including so-called "Christians", have no idea that Christmas, and celebrating the birth of Christ, was a holiday made up by the church to counter the pagan Winter Solstice holiday. Jesus wasn't born in December, but in September when his parents had to return to Jerusalem for the annual Roman census. Nothing funny with inventing something religious to counter paganism when you consider the growing trend of renaming Happy Christmas to Happy Holidays only if to rub salve in the weeping wound of religious sensitivities masquerading as political correctness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 14 minutes ago, Chazar said: spare us the bs, then shipped thousands of miles using tons of diesel or whatever...........as long as they dont wrap it in plastic though thats fine OMG! You better get Greta onto this, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Captain Monday said: Well I was glad to read they are from Canada. I imagined a mountainside clearcut in western China with Panda bears left homeless. I don't think that pandas hang out in pine trees. I mean, I've never see any in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I think IKEA started the ball rolling on real Christmas trees in Thailand several years ago and I recall they were a lot cheaper. IIRC, there was refundable deposit to encourage local buyers to bring them back after the 12th day of Christmas rather than just throw them in the bin. Maybe that didn't work out for them, hence these high prices? I mean one can get 2 turkeys for the price of 1 large tree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, NanLaew said: I don't think that pandas hang out in pine trees. I mean, I've never see any in Scotland. RZSS Edinburgh Zoo is home to the only giant pandas in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, Chazar said: RZSS Edinburgh Zoo is home to the only giant pandas in the UK. Yeah, but there's no pine trees there either... or is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 16 minutes ago, Chazar said: RZSS Edinburgh Zoo is home to the only giant pandas in the UK. Maybe Nicola Sturgeon can work this enviable position into her renewed Indyref2 argument? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 The 80% off sale starts boxing day ready for next year???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 50 minutes ago, NanLaew said: I don't think that pandas hang out in pine trees. I mean, I've never see any in Scotland. After a few wee drams the pine trees will be brimming with pandas. Try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwcrist Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Watch out for this stuff. I have good reason to believe that nasty chemicals are used to preserve them. And 2 people I know got bad neurological reactions to them after coming in contact and sniffing the nice "fresh" pine smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 52 minutes ago, NanLaew said: I think IKEA started the ball rolling on real Christmas trees in Thailand several years ago and I recall they were a lot cheaper. IIRC, there was refundable deposit to encourage local buyers to bring them back after the 12th day of Christmas rather than just throw them in the bin. Maybe that didn't work out for them, hence these high prices? I mean one can get 2 turkeys for the price of 1 large tree! I am sure I saw the Christmas trees to about 2000 baht in Ikea. Where can I buy a Turkey for 1000 Baht? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Just1Voice said: What's funny is that most people, including so-called "Christians", have no idea that Christmas, and celebrating the birth of Christ, was a holiday made up by the church to counter the pagan Winter Solstice holiday. Jesus wasn't born in December, but in September when his parents had to return to Jerusalem for the annual Roman census. Irresepective of when Jesus was born, the Christmas celebration is no Christmas celebration unless it features and deals with........Christ. There is none evident in Thailand as that might lead to people getting the very dangerous, Post-Reformation, secular ideals of Equality, Pluralism and Democracy. None of which would have been achieved, in the West, without the emphasis placed on those ideals in and among the Reformatory/Non-Conformist sects that the Reformation bred. Note how the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Just1Voice said: What's funny is that most people, including so-called "Christians", have no idea that Christmas, and celebrating the birth of Christ, was a holiday made up by the church to counter the pagan Winter Solstice holiday. Jesus wasn't born in December, but in September when his parents had to return to Jerusalem for the annual Roman census. Irresepective of when Jesus was born, the Christmas celebration is no Christmas celebration unless it features and deals with........Christ. There is none evident in Thailand as that might lead to people getting the very dangerous, Post-Reformation, secular ideals of Equality, Pluralism and Democracy. None of which would have progressed as far as they did, in the West, without the emphasis placed on those ideals in and among the Reformatory/Non-Conformist sects that the Reformation bred. No coincide that the early Trade Unions in the UK met in, and were named, "Chapels". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBunny Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Just now, Enoon said: Irresepective of when Jesus was born, the Christmas celebration is no Christmas celebration unless it features and deals with........Christ. No no, it's one of capitalism's three great Shopping Festivals, spread equidistant through the US calendar year - Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, NanLaew said: Yeah, but there's no pine trees there either... or is there? Scoltands full of em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, NanLaew said: OMG! You better get Greta onto this, eh? well it seems I answered this but its been removed.........pc gone mad as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry343 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 4 hours ago, NanLaew said: Nothing funny with inventing something religious to counter paganism when you consider the growing trend of renaming Happy Christmas to Happy Holidays only if to rub salve in the weeping wound of religious sensitivities masquerading as political correctness. To the majority of people it is Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 6 hours ago, Captain Monday said: Well I was glad to read they are from Canada. I imagined a mountainside clearcut in western China with Panda bears left homeless. I thought Pandas preferred bamboo to Pine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I want an aluminum Christmas Tree with a rotating four color light wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 8 hours ago, Enoon said: Irresepective of when Jesus was born, the Christmas celebration is no Christmas celebration unless it features and deals with........Christ. There is none evident in Thailand as that might lead to people getting the very dangerous, Post-Reformation, secular ideals of Equality, Pluralism and Democracy. None of which would have been achieved, in the West, without the emphasis placed on those ideals in and among the Reformatory/Non-Conformist sects that the Reformation bred. Note how the There are plenty of Christian churches in Thailand. Along with Christian grave yards. Seen a few nuns too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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