D.C.
Holiday trees and greenery in the nation’s capital will be collected from Department of Public Works-serviced households from Jan. 11 to Feb. 5. Place them outside where your trash is normally collected.
Residents can also drop their holiday trees and greenery at one of four locations during the same time period including:
Benning Road Transfer Station (3200 Benning Road NE)
Fort Totten Transfer Station (4900 John F. McCormack Drive NE)
Bryant Street Sweep Shop (201 Bryant Street NW)
South Capitol Street Graffiti Shop (2700 South Capitol Street SE)
Maryland
Montgomery County
Live Christmas trees are accepted year-round in Montgomery County’s curbside yard trim collection. Set your tree on the curb by 7 a.m. on your recycling collection day. Residents of apartments and condominiums should check with their property managers for specific instructions. To dispose of an artificial tree, request a bulk trash pickup or consider offering it online for reuse.
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Updated December 21, 2020
The Arctic Snow Hotel is pictured on December 17, 2020 in Rovaniemi. – In Finland’s snowy far north, international visitors normally flood the Santa Claus Village amusement park, in search of reindeer rides, snow castles and a meeting with the jolly, red figure himself. (Photo by Sam KINGSLEY / AFP)
In Finland’s snowy far north, international visitors normally flood the Santa Claus Village amusement park, in search of reindeer rides, snow castles and a meeting with the jolly man himself.
Under the pandemic travel restrictions, however, crowds in the Lapland town of Rovaniemi have dwindled to just a trickle and the joyful winter wonderland feels ghostly and abandoned.
Lonely Christmas in Santa s homeland as tourists stay away
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21/12/2020 - 06:36 4 min
Rovaniemi (Finland) (AFP)
In Finland s snowy far north, international visitors normally flood the Santa Claus Village amusement park, in search of reindeer rides, snow castles and a meeting with the jolly man himself.
Under the pandemic travel restrictions, however, crowds in the Lapland town of Rovaniemi have dwindled to just a trickle and the joyful winter wonderland feels ghostly and abandoned. It s been an exceptional and difficult year, Santa tells AFP from behind a plexiglass screen installed in his grotto, adding that his visitors have appreciated being able to forget a tough year and enjoy the Christmas cheer.
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In Finland’s snowy far north, international visitors normally flood the Santa Claus Village amusement park, in search of reindeer rides, snow castles and a meeting with the jolly man himself.
Under the pandemic travel restrictions, however, crowds in the Lapland town of Rovaniemi have dwindled to just a trickle and the joyful winter wonderland feels ghostly and abandoned.
Video: AFPTV/AFP
“It’s been an exceptional and difficult year,” Santa tells AFP from behind a plexiglass screen installed in his grotto, adding that his visitors have appreciated being able to forget a tough year and enjoy the Christmas cheer.