You probably need a palate cleanser after yesterday's political Christmas cards, so here are a few heartwarming stories about Christmas trees.
1) from 1969 in the Daily Mirror:
2) the country's possibly oldest Christmas tree from 1920 has just sold for £3,400 when it originally cost 6d. It belonged to Dorothy Grant who was 8 when it was bought, and lived with it to the age of 101.
3) A couple who planted a Christmas tree in their garden now need a cherry-picker to reach its highest branches. Planted in 1978, it's now 15 metres tall, and raises money for charity with an official Christmas lights switch-on. Avril and Chris Rowlands, of Inkberrow, started with just 6 lights, but now have more than 1000.
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