Kiwis doing away with Christmas traditions

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Kiwi Christmas traditions such as putting up a real pine tree and sending festive cards via post are becoming ghosts of Christmas past, a survey says.

The Colmar Bruton research found that while 93 per cent of New Zealanders celebrated Christmas, many of the traditions associated with the festive season were disappearing.

Two out of five Kiwis would not send Christmas cards or messages this year and for those who did, the preference was to send them via email and Facebook. Continue reading

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