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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Sally Pryor

La Nina is now the grinch, killing off Canberra's Christmas trees

Keng Tan has lost more than half of this year's crop on his Christmas tree farm. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

It's the most wonderful time of the year for Keng Tan, who is gearing up to open his beloved Christmas tree farm on December 1.

But it's a muted kind of joy, as he's also in the process of culling the more than 50 per cent of his crop destroyed by eight or so months of frequent rain.

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