ours is an old, old tree that my dad rescued from the skip when he was working, its at least 20 yrs old
the base had broken off so the company were throwing it away but dad said he'd take it and make a new base for it to stand in so they let him take it for free
they also threw in all the gold & purple baubles AND a set of about 200 gold lights
sadly the lights went kaput a few years ago and some of the baubles have broken over the years, and now this year the tree is starting to shed its 'needles'
but its done us proud so i'm not moaning