There are many ways in which a thoughtful household can rid itself of an unwanted Christmas tree. I’ve heard of going to your neighbourhood chipping station and watching it being ground to a pulp; driving it up to the top of a parkade and throwing it down to the street below (fore!); and letting it just wither away in the back alley like an unwanted mattress, but this year I’m partial to the idea of attaching its base to dozens of rocket engines and trying to intercept phantom SCUD missiles with it in a farmer’s field. Because that’s what Christmas is all about…