Most Expensive Christmas Trees in the World

 

This first one was produced by Singapore jeweler Soo Kee Jewelery and was, at the time, the most expensive tree ever produced. Encrusted with 21,798 diamonds totaling 913 carats, 3,762 crystal beads and decorated with 456 lights., the tree is almost 20 foot tall and weighs over 7,000 pounds. The tree was on display in the Burgis Junction shopping Mall in Singapore, and I understand from one of my Singaporean friends that it was not sold, but instead broken up after Christmas. “Who in their right mind would buy that tree?” said one of the sales assistants at Soo Kee.

 

This next one was produced by Japanese jeweler, Ginza Tanaka in 2006. 21 kt gold, and at a mere $850,000, possibly the third-most expensive Christmas tree in the world. The way gold prices are going, it might actually be worth melting it down…….

 

If you have got 1.5 million dollars , to splash out on this gold Christmas tree the presents you are putting under it had better be pretty special too.

The sparkling 24k gold tree has been created a by a Japanese jewellery maker Ginza Tanaka and is the world's most expensive Christmas tree ever made.

Befitting the bling branches the decorations include strings of pearls and diamond baubles, there is even a solid gold star on top in case the tree was not sparkling enough itself.

Sorry if this makes you feel bad about the threadbare tree you have got in the corner of your living-room wrapped in a tatty bit of purple tinsel

The most expensive real estate in the World - demands the best Christmas decorations. Whether it be diamond-studded tree, or a solid gold tree, or outrageous crystal ornaments.

 

Diamond Studded Christmas Tree

 

 

And if anyone is thinking that perhaps we have lost the whole meaning of Christmas in these efforts of some to produce the “most expensive,” I would not contradict you. This next tree doesn’t really look like a Christmas tree, but I have included it anyway. Takashimaya, a Japanese department store was selling this “Christmas tree,” last year for the staggering sum of $1.8 million. Based on a design by Parisian flower boutique, Claude Quincaud, the tree stands just 16 inches tall, and is made from 400 diamonds. Teddy Bear included.

 Diamond Studded Christmas Tree

Insanely expensive Christmas Tree

 

Most expensive Christmas Tree in Europe

 

This tree was on display in Berlin’s Haupfbahnhof in 2006.Swarovski Christmas Tree Berlin 2006

Covered in Swarovski crystals. 40,000 Swarovski crystals to be precise. Getting them on and off must have been entertaining.

For some reason, they did not repeat the event in 2007.

 

 

Capitol Christmas Tree

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Although, there is also some argument that the Capitol Christmas tree is actually more expensive than these. The State of Idaho claimed the tree they supplied in 2003 cost a million dollars to cut, ship and place on display outside the White house. What with inflation….

Seeing as the government has given all their money to the banks now, it is fortunate that the Capitol’s tree is supplied free every year. This year’s comes from the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. It even has it’s own song. The 144-year-old tree traveled 4,200 miles by road and, entertainingly, will be decorated with 10,000 energy saving LEDS. For the energy saving…

 

 

Unusual Christmas Trees

 

Chocolate Christmas Tree

If any nation is more fanatical about Christmas Trees than Germany, I would be very surprised. The Japanese go for the “most expensive,” every time, but the Germans go for just about everything else. Being a chocolate fan, this is probably my favorite.

 

Most Expensive Christmas Tree Ornaments

 

 Most expensive Christmas Tree Bauble ?

This one is arguably the world’s most expensive Christmas ornament. Produced by Krebs Glass in Germany, the bauble is decorated with solid 12kt gold and 120 VS1 diamonds with a total weight of 5.1 carats. Price - $31,000. Don’t drop it.

 

Swarovski Christmas Ornament

A “little” less expensive, once again Messrs Swarovski, produce a staggering array of Christmas ornaments. This Angel figurine runs for around $250.