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How much for a Christmas tree?

29 replies

Myrrhcy · 16/12/2007 17:00

A real one that is.

(have just put our up with the help of the dc and am now drinking wine to calm my nerves)

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yulemoonfiend · 16/12/2007 17:00

They are around £30 up here....

littlerach · 16/12/2007 17:03

Bout the same here.

SantaBeClausImWorthIt · 16/12/2007 17:04

Paid £25 for a 6-7 foot non-drop one today (SW London)

MaryBleedinPoppins · 16/12/2007 17:05

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Magrat · 16/12/2007 17:06

£35 but it's 11.5 feet and was delivered free

yulemoonfiend · 16/12/2007 17:08

ours is a non-drop 6 footer. £28

Magrat · 16/12/2007 17:11

the ones at Sainsbury's were £29.99 for 6-7 foot but that's not delivered

Nightynight · 16/12/2007 17:11

non drop, 5' 8", 19 euros (approx 12.50 GBP)

locally grown too!

mumeeee · 16/12/2007 17:14

We paid £15 for a real tree from Christmas. But it is only 4 foot.

mumeeee · 16/12/2007 17:15

I meant from Tesco not Christmas!

finknottle · 16/12/2007 17:21

NightyNight - dh paid 45 euros for ours yesterday

lolpop · 16/12/2007 17:21

We paid £6 for a six footer, freshly cut that day and it's beautiful. Can't believe a friend paid £25 for a slightly larger one from a place a couple of miles up the road. And it's not as nice as mine!

Nightynight · 16/12/2007 17:23

finknottle are you in the city?
we went to the farm to get ours.

Myrrhcy · 16/12/2007 17:24

Just wondered because dh paid £30 for a 6' plus, rather bushy, very dark green and very nice looking tree from a local florist.

It's much bigger and nicer than the ones we have bought before.

He somehow shoved it in the car in between the children! (it was tied up though).

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Myrrhcy · 16/12/2007 17:26

lolpop

Where do you live?

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bookofchristmascarolsmum · 16/12/2007 17:26

£18.98 for a so-called 5ft tree from B & Q but unless I've shrunk quite a lot recently, it's nearer 6ft since the top is way above my head and that's with me wearing shoes. I'm 5'7.5" .

Wanted the 6ft tree really but I drew the line at paying £29.98 . Mind it would probably be nearer 7ft going by their measurements.

finknottle · 16/12/2007 17:37

NightyNight - we're in the back of beyond in the Palatinate. One Pony Village near One Horse Town where dh bought it.
Couldn't complain as he loves hating Christmas & was Making An Effort to buy it with ds1 & dd who were sooo excited.
Ripped off I reckon but last of my worries

themulledsnowmanneredjanitor · 16/12/2007 17:39

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Blu · 16/12/2007 17:41

£25 for 6-7'. S London.
Our Dyson is still clogged from the needles from last year's 'non-drop' tree!

finknottle · 16/12/2007 17:41

And dh got a new gadget - a tree holder with rope bits and a lever you depress with your foot which tighten & hold the tree in place.
Works, but cost 25 euros ( 18 odd pounds)
S'pose it beats pushing logs in a basket

finknottle · 16/12/2007 17:43

The tree was 35 pounds & the Gadget 18-ish... drinks wine, at least that's cheap here. One pound 50 for a litre of my table hic plonk

lolpop · 16/12/2007 17:44

I live in the Forest of Dean...good place to get a tree but the reason it was so cheap was because it was from a local farmer who does it as a sideline. We have paid more for a non-drop one before but still found it dropped needles everywhere so decided to go for an ordinary one this year.

sophy · 16/12/2007 17:47

35 quid for a 7-footer, with a dead patch in the middle. think we were had.

bookofchristmascarolsmum · 16/12/2007 17:57

How do they make them grow non-drop? .

MaureenMLovesmincepies · 16/12/2007 18:01

I got a 5 ft one from a local farm today for £28. More than I wanted to spend tbh, but that's the going rate round here. It is a damn good tree though. Very thick, iykwim and not a gap anywhere.

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