Botanists have been busy trying to iron out the pesky needle drop from Christmas trees for years by crossing different species of fir. But now, scientists are getting involved—and the results could mean that your next tree looks or smells completely different.
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This Dalek Christmas tree is ready to deck the halls and exterminate the Doctor this holiday season. The only gift this tree wants below its limbs is the Doctor’s body. Well, that and death, death, death to everyone.
This Dalek Christmas tree looks even better than last year’s specimen. The red skirting around the base really sells it. Those candy canes are probably bombs too.
Too bad an unsuspecting Santa will probably end up dead, disappointing kids around the world. Then again, that is probably the Daleks’ master plan this year. Kill our Christmas spirit and soon after, we will lose the will to fight.
Silly Daleks. The Doctor always wins – especially during the Christmas special.
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Under most circumstances, the combination of trees and fire would be the stuff nightmares are made of—or dreams, for the pyromaniacs among us. But in eight days, the brilliant minds behind BioLite are going to be harnessing the power of fire with a giant, custom-built CampStove a full 200 times larger than its commercial counterpart, all to light up one glorious Christmas tree.
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Can you believe it? The Yuletide season will soon be upon us yet again, and it does seem as though it was just a couple of months ago when the world first welcomed the new year. Well, here is something for you to consider that the Boy Scouts have always mentioned – be prepared. Why not make early preparations for Christmas this year so that you can relax more when the time comes? For starters, get your living room decorations up and running first with the $499.99 Color-Changing Pre-Lit Tree.
The name of this Color-Changing Pre-Lit Tree says it all – it basically does away with the need for you to decide on what kind of Christmas tree lights that you want to put up. This is one handsome looking faux tree (albeit very lifelike), where it boasts of 750 energy-efficient LED lights. All you need to do is click the foot switch, and you will be able to choose from one of the four lighting options: steady soft white, steady multicolor, fading soft white or fading soft white to multicolor. Setting it up is also a cinch, as it comes in three sections and stands proudly at 7.5′ tall (59″ in diameter). Folks will most probably think that it is the real deal until the touch it, too. No wonder, as the crush resistant branch tips were molded from real tree branches for that added touch of authenticity.
[ Color-Changing Pre-Lit Tree makes your holiday season more jolly copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Did your Christmas tree take off like a rocket? No, I didn’t think so. If it did, you would have a hole in your roof and a large cleanup bill. Anyway, I’m sure that your tree was lovely, but here’s the thing. What do you do with the tree when Christmas is over?
Well, you could throw it by the curb with the trash or just keep it up all year and decorate all year round as it drops all of its needles on the rug. Here’s a better idea. Put some rocket engines on your tree and launch it into the air.
I’m sure your neighbors won’t mind. Unless it ends up sticking out of their roof after touchdown. Anyway, the awesome folks in this video made their tree into a rocket (dubbed the XMS Mistletoe) and it looks like they had a literal blast putting their tree out of its misery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsDZbRankCs
Let the annual launching of our trees commence next January 1st! Rocket-tree is fun and easy!
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Now that the Yuletide celebrations are more or less over, some folks out there might be on the lookout to dispose of their Christmas tree that has adorned the living room for a month or more. You could choose to leave it outside of the home with the rest of your trash like the majority, but how about giving it a far more lighted send-off? After all, it did add some flair to your life and that of your family for the better part of one month when it was lighted up, offering shelter to the presents underneath. Some folks decided to transform their tree into the aptly named XMS Missiletoe, followed by a trip to space.
Of course, using the word “space” would be stretching it somewhat, but you could say that the entire flight with the tree attached to it is pretty impressive, all 100 plus feet of it above the ground. Considering how the the tree ended back up on earth tip down, we would recommend this grand send-off to happen in an unpopulated area, otherwise who knows, you might actually have it fall on someone else instead by accident? Not the best way to end the year for sure.
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Christmas is over. Chances are you still have your tree up, but sooner or later you’re going to have to get rid of it. Sure you could unceremoniously toss its naked corpse into the street, but you could also turn it into a crazy rocket. Then again, you probably shouldn’t, but if you did it might go something like this. More »
Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of fun and inspired Christmas trees based on video games, science fiction and other pop culture memes. So I figured that this holiday season, I’d put together a compilation of some of my favorites of all time.
Pac Man Christmas Tree – Madrid, Spain – Wocka, Wocka, Wocka!
Godzilla Christmas Tree – Tokyo, Japan: Shoppers, run for your lives!
Cthulhu Christmas Tree: I’m H.P. Lovecrafting it!
Portal Christmas Tree: Fruitcake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test.
Robots Build a Christmas Tree – Only Nieman Marcus could afford this rig.
Dalek Christmas Tree: Your presents have been exterminated.
Minecraft Christmas Tree: Unfortunately, the boxes are filled with creepers.
Tesla Coil Christmas Tree: Santa in his jolly red Faraday suit.
Super Mario Bros. 2 Christmas Tree: What ever happened to King Wart anyhow?
Katamari Christmas Tree: Deck the Balls!
Pretty great, eh? Can you guys think of other geeky Christmas trees you’ve seen? If so, post them in the comments below and spread the joy this holiday season.
So, the season of joy and greetings are here again, and it is time to revel in the spirit of Yuletide while reflecting on the year which has gone by, not to mention the promise of the year to come. You might want to get started in decorating your home with full of Christmas items, ranging from boxed presents to lights and of course, the staple in every living room – the Christmas tree itself. The thing is, since we already live in a wireless age (and have been making attempts to make the move to a paperless society), why not make sure the Christmas tree itself is “wireless”? That’s what you get with the $399.95 Cordless Prelit Pop Up Christmas Tree.
This battery-powered prelit tree will be able to make its appearance at just about anywhere you choose to place it, and you will end up with a fully decorated Christmas tree. It is a Hammacher Schlemmer exclusive, and the works – branches, lights, and decorations are all contained on the unit’s flexible, coil spring-shaped wire frame which will telescope itself when set up on the included pole and stand for an instant set up. Forget about wrestling with strings of lights that tend to get all tangled out each time you take them out of the box, as the tree itself comes pre-strung with LED lights to deliver a warm holiday glow. Half a dozen D batteries are said to illuminate the lights for up to 180 hours.
[ Cordless Prelit Pop Up Christmas Tree copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
These days Christmas trees come in all shapes and sizes. For Skyrim fans, this life-sized Dragonborn Nord tree (actually a statue decorated like a tree) is all they need.
This crazy statue/tree comes from Redditor Lanarchy, who spends way too much time running around in Skyrim and needed more of it in real life. In the future they will say, “I used to decorate my Dragonborn tree every year. Until I took an arrow to the knee.”
This Skyrim tree is the perfect centerpiece for a geeky Christmas. The little Yoda on his shoulder is a nice touch, despite having nothing to do with The Elder Scrolls. Or does he?
[via Obvious Winner]
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