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The World’s Best Christmas Tree Is Made Of Lego

London might be cold, grey, wet and miserable. But at least it has a giant Lego Christmas tree to cheer up its inhabitants.


December 21, 2010
Science

The Secret To Engineering ‘Smart’ Christmas Trees

Scientists have figured out how to engineer a Christmas tree with longer needle retention time. What other bells and whistles can we expect from these so-called “smart” trees?


December 10, 2010

The Tannenboing: A Different Kind Of Christmas Tree

For those tired of traditional Christmas trees – their prickly needles, their tiresome ornaments, their limited lifespans – there’s another way! The Tannenboing, which bills itself as the “modern, sustainable” Christmas tree, is low on upkeep but high on surreal futuristic style.


December 8, 2010

At Last, Retailers Have Completed The Final Step In Co-Opting Christmas Entirely

Rejoice, cash strapped minions, REJOICE! Bow down to this finely-crafted idol, which shall forever remind you your duty to spend, spend, SPEND during the month of December! If you don’t, you’ll be doomed to a lifetime of fiscal responsibility! *Shudders*


November 12, 2010

Build A Lego Christmas Tree With Powerpig

Christmas trees – fun, but FLAMMABLE. And you have to chop them down, destroying part of mother earth’s bounty. Wouldn’t it be nicer to make an adorable one out of Legos instead? Powerpig’s awesome holiday model series continues.


December 30, 2009
Science

A Tesla Tornado Christmas Tree

This Instructables is slightly too late for Christmas, but it’s so damn cool that you’ll want to start your project now. Basically, you take a Tesla Pump (yeah, that Tesla), and use it to swirl liquids around in a pipe.


December 26, 2009

The Best Way For Your Ornaments To Travel Up The Christmas Tree

A working cable car would be just the thing to help your modified action figure ornaments travel up the Christmas tree. I mean, the tree is like Everest to them.


December 25, 2009
Science

Your Christmas Tree Can Burn Down A Room In Under 60 Seconds

This is a video that I can’t even describe with the usual oh-whoa-wow-look-at-this sort of excitement, because it just plain scares me. It shows how a Christmas tree can burn down an entire room in less than a minute.


December 24, 2009

“Anti-Gravity Tree Stand” Is Amazing, Just Don’t Look Up

ZOMG! This Christmas tree! It’s just… floating! How in the love of Santa Christ did they do that?! Oh, I see, they just hung it from the top.


December 22, 2009
Science

This Tesla Coil Christmas Tree Could Kill You

I hope Santa’s careful around Peter Terren’s Christmas tree, because the thing is a Tesla coil with some colour filters set up to make all the sparks, zaps and electric arcs look oh-so-pretty and oh-so-deceptively harmless.