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Title: $4.2 million for Christmas tree? Well, it is made of gold...
Post by: NewsCaster on Nov 23, 2012, 12:30 AM
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121122_gold-christmastree.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP - Getty ImagesThe "Disney Gold Christmas Tree" is shown Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan.By Kimiteru Tsuruda, ReutersTOKYO -- For those seeking a glow to their Christmas this year, a  jewelry store in downtown Tokyo has just the answer: a pure gold revolving  "tree" covered in Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Tinker Bell and  Cinderella.

The tree-like ornament is made of 88 pounds of pure  gold, standing nearly 8 feet high and 3 feet in diameter. It is  decorated with pure gold-plate silhouette cutouts of 50 popular Disney  characters and draped with ribbons made of gold leaf.

The price tag? A  mere 350 million yen ($4.2 million).

But the ornament is actually a  deal, said Tomoko Ishibashi, in the marketing department of Tanaka Kikinzoku  Jewelry, which runs the Ginza Tanaka jewelry store.



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