‘Our city’s Christmas tree is worst in UK – it appears to be like like drunken pipe cleaner’
Locals in a UK city are fuming over their wonky Christmas tree, which they’ve dubbed the “worst in the UK”.
The 12ft slender spruce has been referred to as an “absolute disgrace” by residents of Stockport in Greater Manchester, after it was planted on a random roundabout forward of the festive season. And locals are fuming because the tree appears to be like about as Christmassy as a wet downpour on the large day. Zoe Gough, 64, who works at a grocery store going through the tree, shared her prospects’ reactions.
She mentioned: “I see it every day. Customers come in and see the tree and say ‘What’s that?’ It’s ‘blink and you miss it’. People say it looks like a pipe cleaner. It’s just there and it’s wonky. I think it looks like it’s had a bit too much to drink.
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“The lights aren’t very good on it. But it’s made us laugh and it’s better than nothing.”
Social media customers had been much less amused by the sparse fir, with some accusing the council of getting “declared war” on Christmas. One disgruntled resident wrote: “It is a disgrace this Christmas tree. Years ago it was really nice and colourful. It is probably the worst Christmas tree in the whole of the UK. Stockport spend stupid money on cycle paths. Go to Crewe Market Hall, the trees are lovely.”
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Another native resident expressed their disappointment, saying: “It’s an absolute disgrace. They’ve got a beautiful tree outside St George’s Church, far better than the branch thing we’ve been subjected to.”
Another raged: “I think the wind just blew it down the road from an actual tree . . . surely that’s not it.” While one other native made gentle of the scenario, joking: “The battle lines for the war on Christmas have been drawn.”
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Rather expectedly, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council defended the sad-looking tree. A spokesman defined: “The main Christmas tree in Bramhall is a tree provided each year in the centre of the village next to the church.
“The newly planted tree at Bramhall roundabout is a residing picea omorika Serbian spruce tree – it replaces a useless tree and has not been deliberately planted as a Christmas tree however the group had been eager to have lights on it. The tree might be there for a few years to come back and was chosen as it’s an upright selection, to minimise the affect on highway customers.”
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