November 2009, Liverpool,
England: The Merseyside Food Inspection Agency (MFIA) has issued a warning about artificial Christmas tree made in Korea. The problem concerns the Ringo beatle which infests tree bark and may
escape and attack people's skin and lay eggs in their hair.
A MFIA spokesperson said, 'The trees should have been treated with Rollingus stone which makes the Ringo beatle listless and curl up.
However, this batch of artificial trees are untreated, consequently, this beetle can cause hysteria in teenagers and flashbacks in older people. Strangely, the illness affects females more
seriously than males'.
The affected model is the 'Sergeant Pepper' and the batch number is FAB4. In December MFIA issued a recall notice for these artificial Christmas trees. Anyone who bought
a 'Sergeant Pepper' tree in November should return it to the shop
from where they purchased it and ask for a refund. To help with
Beatle identification, the MFIA has released the following funny
Christmas tree picture:
Above is an identification
guide to help with the recall of artificial Christmas trees
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Interesting Chocolate Christmas Tree
Six metre high Christmas tree made out of 60kg of chocolate.
A father has filled his house with a giant 35ft Christmas tree cut
from the New Forest in Southern England after his son was disappointed
with last year's decorations.
At first glance it looks as if the massive tree has burst straight
through the roof of the six-bedroom house in Carbery Avenue. Greg Howe
has painstakingly cut the £250 [$375 USD] tree into three sections with
the huge trunk in the living room, the middle section in a spare bedroom
and the top perched on a flat part of the roof. Greg Howe enlisted the
help of several friends and the fire brigade to get the star on top of
the huge tree at his Bournemouth home. It is thought that in the
interests of safety the star is, in fact, a smoke detector.
Will and Guy have learned the enormous tree is decorated with some
160 baubles and approximately 2000 led lights and is already proving a
winner in the area and with Mr Howe's children.
In 2006, Soo Kee, a jeweller from
Singapore, built this Christmas tree. It has nearly 22,000 diamonds and almost 4000 crystal beads and has been valued at $1 million USD.[£490,000GBP]. See here for an
enlarged photo of the Christmas tree which does the decorations justice.
The Nicest Present by Joanna and Karl Fuchs
Under the tree the gifts enthrall, But the nicest present of them all
Is filling our thoughts with those who care, Wanting our Christmas joy to
share.
To you, whom we're often thinking of, We send our holiday joy and
love.
Upside-down Christmas Tree
The idea behind the upside-down Christmas tree is
so that you can get more presents under the tree. Note the size of the chair so that you can get an idea of the scale.
Stage 2 - See How to Drag the Baubles onto the funny Christmas tree
Stage 3 - The Finished Christmas Tree with Fairy
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Note: The most fun is building your own Christmas tree from the download below.
The idea behind this animated Christmas card is that you click on elements on the tree, and then angels, lights and presents appear. Really, you have to download the file
below to see the effect. The above Christmas tree pictures are merely static images showing just two of the many stages.
We wish that we could get more of this type of presentation. We would be happy to give credit and links to the source sites.
Ode To the Christmas Tree Angel
The time had come around again it was time to get our tree In the car
we piled us boys, my sister on mum's knee Out into the country, dad drove
for miles and miles When at last he found the place, we could not contain
our smiles
Dad headed to the tall pine trees, his sharpest axe in hand Dutiful
behind him trailed his merry little band At last he spied the one he
sought, a sapling straight and tall "This will please your mum" he said,
indeed it pleased us all
With swift clean strokes he had in no time cut it down We placed the
tree atop the car and headed back to town The decorating of the tree this
year would be supervised by Mum The final piece, "The Angel" would be
placed by the youngest one
This year my baby brother would be helped by sis and me But as we
lifted baby up we tripped and fell into the tree Tangled in the trimmings
we rode the tree as down it came Mid tears and cries right through the
lounge room windowpane
I carried on tradition with my children every year But when it came to
"Angel" time up came a nagging fear Of breaking glass and angels wings
and the message that it sent To place my tree in a great big pot in
reinforced cement!
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