The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi is now home to the $11 Million Dollar Christmas tree on display above. Even though the actual tree costs $10,000 dollars, here are some of the other trinkets that bring up the price:
It is the “most expensive Christmas tree ever,” with a “value of over 11 million dollars,” said Hans Olbertz, general manager of Emirates Palace hotel.
Located in the gold leaf-bedecked rotunda of the hotel, the luxury christmas tree is decorated with silver and gold bows, ball-shaped ornaments and small white lights.
But the necklaces, earrings and other jewellery draped around the tree’s branches are what give it a record value.
It holds a total of 181 diamonds, pearls, emeralds, sapphires and other precious stones, said Khalifa Khouri, owner of Style Gallery, which provided the jewellery.
“The tree itself is about 10,000 dollars,” Olbertz said. “The jewellery has a value of over 11 million dollars — I think 11.4, 11.5.”
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but they arent even christians or in a christian country..this shows how christmas is just about consumerism now
Its just a symbolic slap in the face to the West.
At least the decorations are recyclable.
I need a Sheik daddy.
In Europe and many parts of Asia people place this tree’s to celebrate New Year and not Christmas. However, the oil is running out in Saudi Arabia and sooner or later him and all the other rich Arabs will regret for spending millions of dollars on stupid things.
Why dont you hold your breath till they do
IDIOT
It’s not like they will throw out that jewelry when New Year is over, so they have not really ‘spent’ that money just on the tree.
Really? You can’t even reply with out using insulting words? Yeah this does show how much of educated person you are.
How about donating some of that money to a worthy cause. 11 million dollar Christmas tree???? Smh…
man everything they buy is valuable so its not like if the oil gone they will be broke
Jeremiah 10:1-5 Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel. This is what the LORD says:
“Do not learn the ways of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
though the nations are terrified by them.
For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm
nor can they do any good.”
BAWSE!
What the Bambaclot wrong with these Rassclot Arabians!!
This fake Jamaican should be stoned…