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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Zoe Wood

Split-in-half artificial Christmas tree proves a festive hit

a half-size tree on a narrowboat
To help space-strapped Brits who can’t face a festive season without a tree, Argos has launched its first half-Christmas tree – designed for festive-loving Brits who are short on space. Photograph: PinPep/Argos

Depending on your point of view it is either genius or a depressing idea but retailers are now selling cut-in-half artificial Christmas trees that can be hung on the wall in smaller homes.

The attraction of half a tree is that it cuts the need to wrestle with loops of fairy lights or hang baubles where they’ll never be seen while the smaller footprint means there is no need to move all the furniture around your living room to fit it in.

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