The Spirit Of Scrooge Is . . . .

[Canary42]

. . . . alive and well and works for Hyde Housing.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/remove-christmas-wreaths-face-120-125725615.html

Happy Christmas everybody :-)

[gness]

Nasty. If Audrey Williamson had a heart she’d help residents choose fire retardant wreaths or decorations. There are plenty available.

[Stickybottle]

Kent ?
I would imagine the residents said something similar when told to remove the wreaths

[jno]

that's mean. Bah humbug!

[Mamyalynne]

That is sad, is there not a fire retardant spray they can apply?

[Gromit]

That is the problem with communal spaces.
They should hang their decorations inside their own property, possibly in the window if they are trying to make a statement.
Corridors, and internal public doors are a different matter. Not everyone is christian, not every christian likes the commercialisation of Christmas, and many decorations are completely over the top and about self promotion and flaunting wealth, rather than celebrating a holy day.

[Mamyalynne]

Living in a flat as I do, I hang my homemade pom pom wreath on my front door and the neighbours love it.

[naomi24]

Miserable bunch.

[Mamyalynne]

We're very live and let live here Gromit.

[sanmac]

I live in a condominium, and about 5 years ago the Board of Directors enacted a similar rule regarding decorations on doors stating that the rule came directly from the Regional Fire Department. It was explained that even if an item is marked "fire retardant" or "fire resistant" it can still generate toxic fumes and dense smoke when heated which get sucked into the stairwells, which are an escape route, during a fire. So, it sort of makes sense to me especially in an apartment-type building full of old folk.

[pastafreak]

A wreath is a seasonal decoration...it doesn't represent Christianity or Christmas. Not in my book anyway.
This housing association sounds like mine. All flowers and hanging baskets were banned a month after Grenfell. The buildings look like a prison block.

[jno]

pasta, yes, I suspect wreaths date back to the pre-Christian Yule celebrations. Of course, it may be that non-Wiccan residents would object, though it doesn't seem as though anyone has.

[choux]

Audrey would have a fit if she ever visited one of our Royal homes/castles/palaces or stately homes where the Christmas trees are 20 or 30 foot high, let alone the many miles of verdant garlands.
Bet the misery doesn't flame her Christmas pudding either...

Threatening a charge of £120 to remove the decorations is just plain nasty.

[sanmac]

Just a minute here, I thought this thread was regarding fire-safety in the building, and now some posters are interpreting the ruling as all about being "anti-Christmas".

[Mamyalynne]

I wonder if the housing employee who goes round checking on some meagre Christmas decs. is the same one who fails to follow up the broken light reported on the third floor corridor or the lift that's been breaking down regularly for months.

So often priorities seem askew.

[Smowball]

What an old misery !!!

[Spicerack]

Fire hazard. Yeah, we all believe you.

[sanmac]

I really don't care whether you believe me; however, I did believe the Fire Department experts and inspectors who explained it to us.

[Spicerack]

That's OK. I wasn't talking to you.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think anyone disbelieves you, it's the lack of gusto in some departments and the zeal in others that irritate the heck out of people.

[choux]

Cannot speak for anyone else, sanmac, but I was responding to the OP. Bit of a give-away with the reference to Scrooge...