The Christmas tree “new generation” range its glass thorns this Monday. One year after the episode of the “dead tree” which had toured the country, the town hall of Bordeaux installed on December 9, place Pey-Berland, a work of art 11 meters high, produced by the designer. Arnaud Lapierre. For or against, a chosen one is sure, the steel glass giant has left no one indifferent. It has even often been the background of the last family photos, like the pretty mapping on the Grand-Théâtre, by the way.

Before telling him see you next year, “South West” launched an online poll and asked THE question. “Did you like him? “. 480 people participated. The result is clear, 78% no.

“I went to see before giving my opinion. How sad. What a regression! This pile of glass does not make a single child dream… not even a retiree from Saint-Gobain! », Says Manu Luzan. Sylvette Puissant goes in her direction: “An object which is sorely lacking in aesthetic emotion by its unsatisfactory proportions, its slender luminosity, its location. “For Michel Buffone:” It is not a real tree, it is soulless, and above all, given the anxiety-provoking times we are undergoing, a traditional tree with real decorations should think more of the Christmas spirit, as we like them. “

“A” Yes “for the attempt”

C Djake is not of this opinion: “I saw it in the evening, and despite my initial reservations, I appreciated all its lights and reflections which fit well in the lighting of our old beautiful cathedral. We must not systematically oppose the old and the new. “Jean-Louis Chardonnet agrees:” It’s changing, it’s nice, and in the medium and long term, it’s actually more ecological than cutting down a few thousand trees. “Miss Doggybag also:” I really like traditional Christmas trees but also new attempts at “popular art”. So I put a “Yes” for the attempt. “Olivier Demangeat adds:” Really brilliant! To discover with the family in the evening: the reflections of the cathedral form a fantastic kaleidoscope! It is all the same other chose that the old dead tree of Chaban !!! “

Then comes the comment of Imperturbable Contradictor: “Already, it’s not a real tree. After having cried over the felled trees in Place Gambetta, at least plant a real one, resistant to years and above all… which is decorated. There, it is to seek the stick to be beaten and to find it. “

Others are more nuanced. “The tradition of the Christmas tree in families developed in 1920, and before? There was just a nursery and no one died. These 3 or 4,000 hectares of “wasted fir trees to make things look pretty” must find another vocation “, underlines Jean Tallus.

Brigitte S will have the last word: “What if we stopped raving about this fir tree story for a year? It seems that many of these people who are so respectful of “traditions” seem much less shocked by the homeless who die in the streets or by this man who commits suicide in despair for fear of being forced to the country. “