Terry Prone: Weirdly, tree thefts show how much we value our Christmas traditions

Operation Hurdle, which aims to prevent theft of Christmas trees, highlights how much we crave the traditional tree this year

It’s a world away from our sense of a cosy Christmas, but the ‘ring of steel’ and air support involved in Operation Hurdle underlines how much we love our real Christmas trees. Picture: iStock

At a meeting the other day, one of the participants nicked the chunk of dark chocolate off the top of a muffin.

No concealment about it. She considered the fell deed and then openly did it. Left the muffin missing its toupee, but didn’t contaminate it in any way.