In reply to Naera Imrie's letter about lighting up the Strand. A big NO, NO, NO. Remember, this is Tree Hugging Tauranga. It was not too many years ago that an expert from Parks and Reserves Department of the TCC got the Christmas lights removed from the Norfolk Pines on Pilot Bay as the light was upsetting the trees' sleep patterns and could have affected their growth and health. Please people, no more of these radical ideas like lights in trees, think of the environment first. Rex McConnell, Tauranga.