site.btaBulgarians Spend 90-100 Lv on Plastic Christmas Trees Producer's Survey

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109 ECONOMY - CHRISTMAS TREES - SURVEY - BULGARIA

Bulgarians Spend 90-100 Lv
on Plastic Christmas Trees
Producer's Survey


Sofia, December 4 (BTA) - A Bulgarian Christmas tree factory
found in a survey that Bulgarians spend between 90 and 100 leva
on average to buy a plastic Christmas tree. The factory based
in the southern town of Rakovski carried out its research in
eight countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia,
Macedonia, Slovenia and Austria.

Slovenians pay the most, 100 euro, followed by Hungarians and
Croatians with 60-65 euro, while Romanians, Macedonians,
Serbians and Austrians pay roughly the same as Bulgarians, 45-50
euro.

In the Western countries, people decorate the Christmas tree
mid-November and put it away after January 20. In contrast, in
the Eastern Balkans the tree is decorated later and stowed away
earlier.

The survey found different preferences for the Christmas tree's
colour, shape, size and sort. The most popular colour is green,
followed by frosted and white trees. Macedonia and Croatia are
bolder in their choice of red trees. In Austria, people
experiment with blue, pink and orange trees, as does the private
sector - shopping centres, banks and insurers.

The most popular model in Croatia and Hungary is the 3D
Christmas tree, which most closely resembles natural
Scandinavian pines. LI/TH



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