{"id":11524,"date":"2017-12-15T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/?p=11524"},"modified":"2019-02-05T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T10:05:22","slug":"christmas-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/news\/christmas-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Trees of Remembrance return"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11523\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11523\" title=\"Christmas Trees of Remembrance - Douch Family Funeral Directors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image002-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Douch Family Funeral Directors Christmas Tree of Remembrance\" width=\"267\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image002-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image002-16x19.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image002.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree of Remembrance. Charlie Loveday attaches a message to the tree in the Albert Marsh branch in Upton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dorset\u2019s Douch Family Funeral Directors are again inviting people to leave messages on Christmas trees in memory of lost loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Trees of Remembrance are now standing at its branches Douch &amp; Small in Wimborne, AE Jolliffe &amp; Son in Ferndown, Lesley Shand in Corfe Mullen and Blandford, Ives and Shand in Parkstone and Albert Marsh in Wareham and Upton.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone from the community is invited to pop in to a branch and write a message for a loved one then hang it from the tree.<\/p>\n<p>It is anticipated that by Christmas the trees will be dripping with moving messages.<\/p>\n<h4>Dorset Mind<\/h4>\n<p>While it is free to put a message on a tree, for a small fee a bauble can be purchased to hang on a branch and monies collected will go to Dorset Mind.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s James Smith branch in Swanage has sponsored Christmas trees at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Swanage and St George\u2019s Church in Langton Matravers, upon which messages can be left.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Loveday, from the Upton branch, said: \u201cIt is a wonderful tradition and this is this is the fourth year we\u2019ve done it at our branches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople really do find it helpful to write a message to a loved one \u2013 it doesn\u2019t matter how long ago they passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve contacted all the people we\u2019ve looked after this year and sent them specifically-designed cards that are available in our branches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re inviting anyone in the community to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many it will be the first Christmas without a wife, husband, mother or father and the words are very moving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA tree of remembrance is a wonderful way to capture special memories and to celebrate a life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe invite anyone to come and hang a message from the trees. Any donations will go to Dorset Mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/\">www.funeraldirector.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorset\u2019s Douch Family Funeral Directors are again inviting people to leave messages on Christmas trees in memory of lost loved ones. Trees of Remembrance are now standing at its branches Douch &amp; Small in Wimborne, AE Jolliffe &amp; Son in Ferndown, Lesley Shand in Corfe Mullen and Blandford, Ives and Shand in Parkstone and Albert &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/news\/christmas-trees\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28387,"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524\/revisions\/28387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funeraldirector.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}