Chinese trees dominate Delhi |
Unlike this Diwali, when the usual Chinese lights and crackers were boycotted by many Delhi shoppers, and stores stocked up on `made in India` products, it is Chinese trees and decorations that spread Christmas cheer in Delhi. Shopkeepers in Sadar Bazar, the North India`s biggest wholesale market, will tell you that Chinese Christmas trees are of superior quality and are bought in bulk to be sold across NCR. No shopkeeper stocks up on India-made trees or other decorations. Delhi`s Sadar Bazar sources trees from China and they are sent to all of NCR .Demand from retailers start coming one-and-a-half months before Christmas. So far, the biggest order this season was for 400 Christmas trees. Two kinds of trees arrive from China - the basic plastic trees and the ones that look like pine trees. The latter is more expensive and sells mostly in Delhi. The smallest tree available this season is 3ft tall, and costs Rs 100.
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