Is This The World's Most Expensive Christmas Tree?
Language
Reading Level
Listen to Article
Think you spent too much on your tree this year? Think again - This 42ft. beauty that currently decks the lobby of Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace Hotel is estimated to be worth an astonishing $11 million USD.
According to the hotel's owners, the tree started out with an initial value of a mere $10,000 USD. However, the value kept increasing as they added the ornaments, which in this case comprised of 181 pieces of gold, pearl, diamond, sapphire and other precious jewelry loaned to them by local jeweler, Star Gallery. The hotel now plans to contact the Guinness Book of Records to see if they can claim the title to setting up the World's most expensive Christmas tree. The current title established in 2002, belongs to a tree in Japan, which was decorated with 83 pieces of jewelry, estimated to be worth $10.8mm USD.
While a tree like this may sound odd, especially in a hotel lobby, it makes perfect sense given that it sits right under the hotel's pure gold dome and adjacent to the world's first and only ATM machine that dispenses gold bars. Also, given that a seven-day package, that includes a car and a private plane at this ultra-luxurious hotel, costs a whopping $1million USD, there is very little likelihood of any of the expensive jewels getting stolen - We hope!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of You!
Cite Article
316 Comments
- Gage about 12 years$11 million dollars that is a lot of money
- Gage about 12 years$11 million dollars that is a lot of money for a Christmas tree
gooniebelleabout 12 yearswow all that for 11 million dollars!- gooniebelleabout 12 yearsyah A LOT of money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- jojo41about 12 yearsthat Christmas tree is a lot of money
brduabout 12 yearswow. I wonder what it is made out of to cost 11 million $$- zlabout 12 yearsWOW that big christmas tree cost a lot of money 11 million dollars!!!
jakie101about 12 yearsi'm not a big fan of this idea because---why would they expect any person who buys it fit it in their house?But it is still cool in many ways.- ioasaover 12 yearsOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!dat tree is so so so so so so so so so so so big like an elephant!!!!! i wonder dat tree come to my precious wonderful clean tidy house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dat tree is really sure preety hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN IT HAS DIS PRESENT LIKE A RING AND IT SHAPE LIKE A HUGE DIAMOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- CUPCAKES!!over 12 yearsOMG!!!!!!! That tree is so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so big!!!! I wonder what house that would fit in! Maybe the White House!!!! That would be awesome!!
rafalover 12 yearsOMG thats where i was born
