Christmas garlands were never really a Kenyan thing. A few years ago, most consumers didn’t even know about these long strands of artificial cypress that are hung as Christmas decor. But now it has become one of Nairobi’s most profitable holiday decorations, and business owners are now making a killing from it.
It is a Tuesday in November, only a few weeks into the festive season, and already the hunger for Christmas garlands has taken on a frantic, almost comic urgency.
