Tree of Life

I wonder if it is only me who finds the practice of dumping one's Christmas tree after the festive season (in secular time) a sad and annoying one. If the owner has a garden, I think they should make the effort to either leave the tree there or cut it up so that as it came from the earth it can return to it again. Leaving it in the street gives testimony to the wastefulness of our consumer culture. It will remain, decaying slowly, as a reminder of the fact that we too easily purchase and throw away our posessions.