about 25 million natural Christmas trees are cut and sold in the United States each year
in the United Kingdom, around 227,000 miles of wrapping paper are used every Christmas, enough to wrap the Earth nearly 9 times, and much of which is non-recyclable
the UK discards more than £40 million worth of unwanted Christmas presents
200,000 tonnes of edible food are wasted in the UK during the Christmas period
https://www.opindia.com/2025/12/christmas-consumption-drives-deforestation-waste-climate-damage/
