A anecdote of 4 christmas trees
It seems the humble Christmas tree namely immediately a symbol of boom and this year the race is aboard as the caption of "The maximum valuable tree in the globe."
The town of Milan, Italy was the 1st to claim the prize with the unveiling of a 450,000 USD tree in the Piazzo Duomo.
The spectacular tree was donated by Tiffany & Co. and has over an hundred thousand pearly lights and decorations always specially created at the popular American jeweller.
The Italian cathedral answered Tiffany's generosity when the renowned store opened a mart under the tree to sell its jewellery over the festive season - merely in true Christmas spirit, and to reserve the cathedral merry, Tiffany will donate 9% of all bargains to a regional liberalness.
The Milan tree held the title of "The most expensive tree in the world" for merely a few days until it lost out to variant jewellery store - this period in Japan...
When this stunning 24-carat gold tree worked on exhibit at the Ginza Tanaka store in Shinsaibashi, Osaka.
The Emirates Palace has inquired the Guinness Book of Records apt evidence the tree for the worlds' most expensive and a twenty-four hour surveillance crew is in area apt protect the precious decorations.
The Abu Dhabi tree is officially "The most expensive tree in the world".
But sadly, there is likewise a prize for the worst tree, alternatively the "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree", as it is has chance understood in America.
This year that award went to the Castle Dene Shopping Centre, Peterlee in the UK.
This tree ambition no require a twenty-four hour security team, as it has just twelve coloured lights and not decorations.
Yet, the town's shopping center employed one of the nation's pop sensations, Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, to alternate on the lights in a lavish ceremony.
Since the tree went up the committee have been immersed with grumbles - locals had expected to penetrate some Christmas cheer, rather than this forlorn spectacle.
Embarrassed, local councillor Joan Maslin, said "I would narrate this tree as just like a twig. To be aboveboard, it looks like something that people would throw in a bounce later Christmas."
I really consider it has a "decisive beauty" and at least it's real, not some over the altitude synthetic show piece, which has unfortunately now become the symbol of Christmas.
I'd like to wish you and your kin a very happy Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.
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The tree weighs 21 kilograms and is decorated with over 240 jewels, including diamond baubles and strings of pearls. It has a amount tag of 150,000,000 Yen (approximately 1,800,000 USD)
The store official felt the price was justified despite the new economy location,
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Yet, among fair a few days, the 24-carat tree was surpassed by one even flashier number...
This year the titleholders of the "The most expensive tree in the world", are the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
The thirteen-metre tall tree,
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In fact, the tree's branches are adorned with watches, pendants and bracelets, which between them embody 181 diamonds,
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