Still buying “Christmas decorations”?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

Santa’s real workshop: the town in China that makes the world’s Christmas decorations

Inside the ‘Christmas village’ of Yiwu, there’s no snow and no elves, just 600 factories that produce 60% of all the decorations in the world

Santa's workshop … 19-year-old Wei works in a factory in Yiwu, China, coating polystyrene snowflakes with red powder.
Santa’s workshop … 19-year-old Wei works in a factory in Yiwu, China, coating polystyrene snowflakes with red powder. Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex

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1 Response to Still buying “Christmas decorations”?

  1. Mari Braveheart-Dances says:
    December 24, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    This was an eye-opening article, an account of abuse, fully sanctioned by America, and other places I’m sure. Seeing the splatters of red paint, knowing it has to be getting into these people’s lungs – is an out and out horror. Why isn’t it illegal in this country to do business this way? We don’t do it here, we just hire out for it to be done and we ALLOW it?! How sick and stupid and foolish a game this country plays. Thank you for illuminating me, Ann, once again. Bravo, and may your life be blessed by the increase of light each day! peace and love, mari

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