Your average 12 foot blue spruce Christmas tree not doing it for you this year? How about that white aluminum tree in your grandmother’s attic? No? Then maybe you want to try this tree on for size.

Takashimaya department store chain is selling a diamond encrusted tree for a symbolic $1.8 million to kick off its year-end sales campaign. The 16″ tall tree, actually a small tower of preserved roses with a teddy bear, has 400 diamonds totaling 100 carats and is based on a design by Parisian flower boutique Claude Quinquaud.

At least you won’t need to cover it in Christmas lights to make it sparkle.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 at 1:11 pm and is filed under Diamond News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.