Published January 12, 2021
Some enterprising Icelanders have found good use for all Christmas trees, now that the Christmas season is officially over: give them livestock.
Indicator reports that six horses in the southern Icelandic village of Þorlákshöfn live their best lives and eagerly eat the dead trees.
“The horses are positively crazy about them,” said Katrín Stefánsdóttir, who owns the horses, to journalists. “Then I go [waste and recycling company] Garbage to get more when they are done with this. “She added that the horses towered away from the trees, leaving only stalks and small branches left, speculating that the trees probably contained nutrients that the horses craved.
However, horses are clearly not the only animals that love to eat Christmas trees. Skessuhorn reports that Jóhanna Þorvaldsdóttir – who runs the most famous goat farm in Iceland – has been asking her neighbors to bring a dead Christmas tree for her goats to eat.
Just like the horses, the goats also love this treat and are especially fond of pine needles.
Source: The Nordic Page