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Christmas Countdown 5 : Christmas Tree #21 - Defying Description


Medical Tree  made from  surgical gloves  and  surgical materials 
Advent Blog  Day 21 - Defying Description 
At the beginning of the month, I did describe this year's theme as "crazy Christmas trees" but as I have researched I have found some trees go beyond this description. These are not in a category - I think they are truly unique. I don't think I can do them justice by wordy descriptions, so I have kept text to a minimum in this post, too - these trees speak for themselves! 
 A squadron of pelicans has landed as a Christmas tree. 
Pandas in a pile 

Who  said cats can't be herded ?  - Black Cat Christmas Tree - 


Ginseng is good for you, but does it make a good Christmas tree? 

Where else but in Italy - a spaghetti tree. 

How many varieties of potatoes make up this tree? 

 This might be the weirdest - Sushi Christmas tree. 
How many omelettes make a Christmas tree? Egg carton tree. 

 No - this is the weirdest - a Christmas tree made from dentures.
( thank you to follower Ann-Maree Kelly who alerted me to this one ) 

Masks Christmas tree 


Mobile Phone Tree 

Jacob Hashimoto Tree - made of small art works created with bamboo sticks and paper
( each is like a small kite) 

Another  contemporary tree made with bamboo sticks and paper and  film 
Wine boxes , clearly after the wine has been drunk. 



Plastic toys and oddities 

Instead of putting the presents under the tree, use the presents to make the tree. 
And I have not explored widely, so you may be able to find some unusual Christmas trees you would like to share. I think we can have another  "description defying" day before we get to tree #25.... not long to go ... 
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