12/12/2025
The story of our Christmas tree this year 🎄
We found our perfectly imperfect tree at Tesco Extra Maryhill, where the most enthusiastic team were giving away real trees in the underground car park — so thank you, Tesco!
We were invited to donate any amount (which we happily did) to support Tesco’s charity partners.
If you’d like to give a little too, here’s the link below 👇
https://fareshare.donr.com/tesco
Next came the journey to its new home at The Wh**ky Bond — using a very, very sustainable mode of transport:
✔️ The tree was first carried by hand from Tesco’s car park to our unit at 920 Maryhill Road, attracting a lot of attention
✔️ After a short rest, a green-energy “limousine” was called and we continued our trip, enjoying the canal views on this four-wheel vehicle
✔️ We even received a few cheers and early “Merry Christmas!” wishes from people we met
Once we arrived at The Wh**ky Bond, it was time to get festive.
This year, we chose to decorate the tree with beautifully mismatched tea sets from , displayed like precious jewellery. Personally, looking at the tree and those little ceramic cups fills me with pure JOY.
Add to that:
✨ leftover ribbons and lights saved from previous years
✨ a bag of gold and red baubles from Barnardo’s Charity Shop, bought for pennies
✨ our handmade tartan stuffed animals — a fox, a bear, a penguin and two deer
✨ and the pièce de résistance: a beautiful rose teapot as our tree topper
Now tell us — does it bring you JOY?
It certainly brings us JOY, and it’s created a lovely memory… which is what Christmas is all about 🤍
PS: Total spend on this Christmas tree: £15 🎄
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