The Butterfly Tree would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas.

The words ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ echo in my ears every time I here the music playing. If only there were more people like Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure the world would be a better place and the wealth would be more evenly distributed.

Christmas, for me brings feelings of mixed emotions, I look forward to the time spent with family and friends. However Christmas shopping has never been the same since I founded the charity almost two years ago. I find it hard to cope with the ‘glut’ and the ‘greed’ of the western world during this festive season, everyone in state of frenzy; shops laden with merchandise; panic buying; people giving unwanted gifts; women stressed with the work load; couples arguing; children complaining that Santa didn’t bring the latest technical gadget. Is it all necessary?

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