The Story of the Most Over-the-Top Christmas Tree in History
Harold Lloyd is known as both one of Hollywood’s legendary stars of early 1900s silent comedy, and as the owner of a year-long Christmas tree adorned with over 5,000 colorful decorations. If you think yourself the kind of person that goes over the top when decorating the family Christmas tree, don’t beat yourself up too […]
Small Italian Town Lights Up World’s Largest Christmas Tree
For nearly three decades, Gubbio, a small medieval town at the foot of Mount Ingino in Italy’s Umbria region, has held the Guinness Record for the world’s largest Christmas tree. In 1981, the 750-meter Christmas tree spread over the slope of Mount Ingino was lit up for the first time. Every year since, on the […]
Top 10 Most Unusual Christmas Trees of 2011
Every December, we hear reports of bizarre Christmas trees in the making, and on display. We bring you a roundup of 10 of the most unusual trees that caught our attention in the Christmas season of 2011. The Japanese Gold Tree We’ve previously featured this tree made completely of pure Gold, here on OC. A […]
Japanese Jeweler Creates Solid Gold Christmas Tree Worth $2 Million
For those of you who love Christmas but can’t stand falling needles and cheap plastic, Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka has created the ultimate Christmas tree – made of pure gold and worth a whopping $2 million. After making a 24-karat gold horse for Japan’s newborn prince, and creating another tree worth $850,000, Ginza Tanaka decided […]
7 Weirdest Christmas Trees of 2010
There’s nothing like an old fashion Christmas tree, full of colorful decorations and twinkling lights, but this doesn’t stop people from using the strangest materials to create their own unique Christmas tree. This happens every year, and 2010 makes no exception, so I thought it would be a great idea to make a list of […]
Christmas Tree Built Out of Mountain Dew Cans
If you’re looking for an original way of recycling your old soda and beer cans, a nice Christmas tree is probably your best bet. You can use this Mountain Dew can tree, as motivation. Back in 2006, a group of Mountain Dew drinkers decided to put their drinking to good use, for a change. It […]
Meet the Real Life Tom and Jerry
If you are a big fan of Tom and Jerry, like me, you will most certainly fall in love with this real life version of the famous duo. It might look like it, but 51-year-old Carolyne Brading didn’t use a cat and mouse as decorations for the Christmas tree. Bumble, her 14-month-old cat, got tangled […]
Christmas Tree Made Out Of 80,000 Plastic Spoons
A team of young Taiwanese students as created an impressive Christmas tree out of 80,000 plastic spoons, in Taichung city. In their quest to deliver a message about the environment, this Christmas, a team of six students from Taiwan’s Transworld University have created a unique Christmas tree out of 80,000 plastic spoons. The young environmentalists […]
World’s Most Expensive Christmas Tree Is Worth $11 Million
An $11 million Christmas tree may seem incredible, but the simple fact that it was put up in the lobby of a 7 star hotel in United Arab Emirates makes it a little more believable. According to Hans Olbertz, general manager of the Emirates Palace Hotel, this is the world’s most expensive Christmas tree. But […]
Tree-Cycle – The Recycled Christmas Tree of The Rocks
Made up of 100 recycled bicycle parts, Tree-cycle is one of the most original Christmas trees this year. For the past two years, Sydney’s The Rocks area has featured a mind-blowing Christmas tree made of recycled materials. In 2008, the chosen medium was chairs, 2009 was the year of recycled bottles, and this year organizers […]
Chocolatier Creates Lifesize Chocolate Christmas Tree
Patrick Roger, one of the most talented chocolatiers in France, has created a ten-meter-high chocolate Christmas Tree, to raise money for charity. Roger and his team have worked on the giant chocolate Christmas tree for an entire month, in the Patrick Roger chocolate factory, on the outskirts of Paris. According to the chocolate artist, building […]