6ft tree just grew on us

A GIANT Christmas tree towers 52ft over a house and lights up an entire village – 40 years after it was planted as a sapling. Avril and Christopher Rowlands put the 6ft fir in their garden in 1978. Now a crane is needed to hang its 1,100 bulbs and it can be seen a mile away. Its annual switch-on has raised £10,000 for charity.

Avril, 73, of Inkberrow, and Christopher Worcs, joked: “I don’t look at the electricity bill till after Christmas.”

BIG DRAW Switch-on raises cash TINY The fir after it was planted in 1970s GIFTED Avril Have you gone that extra mile to bling up your Christmas? We would live to see your pictures. Send them with your name and phone number to features@mirror.co.uk