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Post-Christmas Christmas Trees on Clearance in Queens

by Sergio Hernandez

December 30, 2010

If you missed Christmas the first time around, or want to celebrate it again, or just want to keep your home pumped full of that fresh, pine-y conifer smell, a Korean man in Flushing, Queens is offering a “big sale” on his leftover stock of 300 Christmas trees. [NYT]

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