'elf and safety Christmas 'Tree' for Poole

[-:Undertaker:-]

A town has spent £14,000 on a health and safety-approved fake Christmas tree after being told a real one was a danger to the public. The traditional Norway fir tree, that costs about £500, has been axed this Christmas in Poole in Dorset amid fears it would fall over in high winds. So officials have defied the recession and forked out for the artificial 33ft tall tree that is shaped like a traffic cone and has no branches or decorations.

Daily Mail

The sad thing is that stories such as these don't suprise me anymore.

[Bun]

woo that's pretty.

[GommeInc]

Hmmm, it's not an awful tree to be honest, but a normal tree is hardly as dangerous as a cone - both are quite bad

[e5]

Needs lights on it:S

[GommeInc]

I'm assuming it's not decorated yet If you look at the buildings behind, they're quite blank too. Strange though, decorations should be up by now. Usually it's the week before December starts at the latest.

[Yoshimitsui]

Think it will look better lit up at night.

[-:Undertaker:-]

It does, theres a picture on the article. The thing is though, this cost many times more and looks awful in the day time, the time when most people are out and about.

[GommeInc]

It does, theres a picture on the article. The thing is though, this cost many times more and looks awful in the day time, the time when most people are out and about.

Oh yeah, so there is. It looks nice at night, shame about the daytime You'd think they could perfect a way so the tree is secure? Barriers around it, and a special stand to keep it steady is all it needs. Shouldn't cost alot :/

[Ardemax]

what a shambles

danger to the public? just lol

[Black_Apalachi]

The Christmas tree in our local town centre always has a big metal fence around it, dunno which looks worse tbh.

When are they gonna be banned all together for causing offence to non-Christians anyway?