Dhabi has a $11,000,000 Christmas tree

[underpants]

Tourists view Christmas tree
Tourists view the Christmas tree which has been decked out with dollars 11 million U.S. (14.3 million euro) worth of gold, at the Emirates Palace hotel, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. The hotel's general manager, Hans Olbertz, was quoted in local newspapers Thursday as saying the 43-foot (13-meter) faux fir has 131 ornaments that include gold and precious stones including diamonds and sapphires. The $11 million symbol of the season has become the latest extravagance at the Emirates Palace hotel, which boasts its own marina, heliport and a vending machine that pops out small gold bars


http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Viewed-Photos-Tourists-view-Christmas-tree-which-has-been-decked-out-dollars/ss/1778/im:/101216/481/urn_publicid_ap_org720ba904be404f1abefaf26230c0ddb6/

[Occam Bandage]

1. And yet they didn't feel like springing for a natural tree. nt

[angstlessk]

2. hell, a fake tree.. I would wonder if the gold was fake...and the watches

hell...why would I trust anything on a fake tree..cause a Muslim country told me a Christian tree is real?

[Motown_Johnny]

3. with $11 million in ornaments, what gifts go under it?

The keys to jets and yachts?

[jillan]

4. Wonder how much of our tax dollars went towards that tree.

[phasma ex machina]

6. Good question. nt

[H2O Man]

5. Jesus is so honored!

I am sure that a large choir of heavenly angels are fighting back tears of joy, just looking at this work of devotion. More, the great God Himself, the Alpha and Omega, the Creator of the Universe, is considering taking up the challenge, and making an even more impressive X-mas tree.

[underpants]

7. Hey Hey buddy!

No X in Christmas buddy :grr:

There is apparently a $

;-)