what's the collective noun for Christmas trees?

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what's the collective noun for Christmas trees?

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These are just a few of the Christmas trees on display in cathedral we visited yesterday.

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PS we were there because someone we know was giving an organ recital :grin:
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A stand of Chrtistmas trees?
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OK, in which case, here's another stand.

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Lovely!
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There were another three stands, on each of the other three sides of the cloisters, plus another one in the south transept and a couple of stand-alone trees at the back of the nave. Maybe it was more of a forest of Christmas trees?

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Were there so many that you couldn't see the forest for the Christmas trees?
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:laugh:

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:laugh:
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Hi Ken, based on the evidence that you have presented, I'd naively suggest a nave of Christmas Trees, or even a chancel(1) of Christmas Trees.
I do recall a line in an old CofE prayer book that read "In quires and places where they sing, here followeth the anthem".

Based on my upbringing, however, I would have to go for a sandplain of Christmas trees.

(1) As in Johnny Mathis's hit "Chancels are, 'cos you're singing in a quire ..."
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
15 Dec 2023, 17:47
...I do recall a line in an old CofE prayer book that read, "In quires and places where they sing, here followeth the anthem".
Yes, that is a line from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

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stuck wrote:
15 Dec 2023, 18:25
Yes, that is a line from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
Thanks, Ken. I knew I was old, but ...

Another candidate: A home of Christmas trees
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A Presents :groan: of Christmas trees?
A Branch Office of Christmas trees?

Is it my imagination, or are we seeing more Christmas trees in the mews :groan: this month?
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That spelling of quire reminded me.

"Id like to obtain a singing group".

"You mean a choir"

"Yes, you're right. I'd like to acquire a singing group".

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GeoffW wrote:
15 Dec 2023, 19:57
"Yes, you're right. I'd like to acquire a singing group".
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A pine of Christmas trees?
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How about a lot of Christmas trees? :innocent:
Or a greenery thereof?
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Graeme wrote:
16 Dec 2023, 10:21
A pine of Christmas trees?
As in pining for the fjords?

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Yes, if you have a Norwegian Blue Christmas tree...
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If a group of Christmas trees was chopped down, it would become a log table.