The Twins As The Tallest Christmas Tree...Ever?

PETRONAS Twin Towers as the 'tallest Christmas tree', ever? Well... that's how I see it at the moment anyway. You may not agree with me and that's understood.
Truth is, these magnificent tall structures are regarded as many different 'things' by many, many different people. Some say they resemble wedding cakes (yeah... you read that right) while some even see them as the 'horns' of a mythical dragon!

To my eyes though, at the moment they look more like the tallest artificial Christmas trees ever erected by men. Indeed, Malaysia should not bother to break any kind of world record related to Christmas event... the biggest, tallest and greatest man-made christmas tree is indeed to be found in this country! And... not contend with having just one 'tree'... Malaysia had indeed built a pair of them!

Talking about world record-breaking attempts related to ... well... Christmas trees... on the left is a photo of the 'official' record of the world's tallest artificial Christmas tree according to the Guinesse Book of Record. This 112 meter/295 feet tall structure is made entirely of steel wire. It is 114 feet wide and weighs approximately 330 tons. This world record Christmas tree is located at the Reforma Avenue in Mexico City.

As for the biggest man-made Christmas tree world record...
Rio de Janeiro has managed to claim the title by erecting a 85m tall floating Christmas tree (photo on the right and left). It is actually as tall as a 29 story building! It also has 2 million light bulbs, 1,600 flashy lights to evoke twinkling stars and 52km of lighted strands to evoke the Christmas theme. The floating Christmas tree is said to consume about one thousand kilowatts of electricity!



That reminds me (the usage of electricity and eventually the high cost of lighting up these record-breaking fake Christmas trees) of an article I read recently. It is about the most expensive Christmas tree ever built.


This small decorative tree is made purely of 24k gold! On top of that it is also decorated with more than 240 jewels, including diamonds and strings of pearls! The tree weighs 21 kg and is priced at 1 million pound! This extremely expensive tree is being displayed at a prominent jewelery shop in Osaka, Japan.

Now... come to think of it... has there been any record broken for the title of tallest or biggest real Christmas tree ever? I'm not very sure about that... but I had come across an article about an attempt made by Australia back in 1999. They had chosen a 80 meter /262 feet tree found in Maydena, Hobart on the Tasmanian island. The 'controversial' tree was indeed voted by the Australia's Wilderness Society as 'The Tallest Ever Christmas Tree in the World'! Sadly, the claim was disputed (by the Guiness Book of Record?) and Australia eventually missed the opportunity of claiming that 'prestigious' title. The reason? It was a wrong species of tree! The one in Australia was an eucalyptus tree. The 'real' Christmas tree should be of the 'fir' type....

Then again... for me, for the moment... the tallest, biggest and most fabulous looking man-made Christmas tree in the whole wide world... ever... is none other than the multi-faced PETRONAS Twin Towers!

Merry Christmas to Christian readers

and

A Very Happy New Year to ALL!