Not All Christmas Trees are Made of Trees

Life in the desert or tropical climates can make a Christmas freak feel a little lonely.

When you get that hankering for frosty air, roasting chestnuts and one-horse open sleighing it is hard to be merry when sand is your snow and the heat of the sun has you hanging lights in shorts. Nothing, but nothing, cures those cruel Christmas blues better than putting up a Christmas tree.

And you don’t have to have a pine to make a Christmas tree. All you need is a little imagination. Consider this tropical beauty without a single light:

Folks in Florida, or at least parts of it, know what I’m talking about:

Food is a popular tree building ingredient. They look great and taste delicious:

Of course, being male and a carnivore, this tree made of shrimp (swiped from a 1970s-era magazine) is not only festive it is very manly:

Since we’re talking testosterone no Christmas would be truly festive without one of these “keep-the-grandkids-back” babies in the house:

Guys might be creative when it comes to making trees out of alternative materials. But you don’t ever want a man left to his own devices when decorating a tree:

And finally, we love themed trees, especially those that reflect local culture. Check out this tree made of lobster traps from Rockland, Maine: