Tidings of great joy if you live in Cherwell, Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Rushmoor or Winchester – those councils will collect your tree for free from your home, even if you do not subscribe to the garden waste service.
However, dates vary and so do conditions – for example, you may have to register for collection or cut the tree into pieces – so it is best to check the council website for details.
Many councils set up temporary drop-off points for trees in January.
These include Basingstoke and Deane, Hart, New Forest, Oxford, Reading, South Oxfordshire, Test Valley, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
For the rest, it will have to be a trip to the household waste and recycling centre.
Or you can have the tree collected if you subscribe to the council’s garden waste service and you have chopped it apart – check sites for details again.