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Donated by the Forestry Commission, the £400 tree was taken 15 miles from the New Forest to skate park designer Mr Howe’s six-bedroom home in Bournemouth, Dorset

There, it was cut into three carefully measured sections to create a Christmas illusion that has passersby in the street doing double takes.

With a little help from Mr Howe’s friends, the lower parts of the tree were passed through doors and windows. Finally a borrowed crane was used to place the top tier on to a little roof turret.

With careful alignment, the Howe Christmas tree appears to be bursting through the roof.

The whole operation, including decorating the branches with 200 baubles and 2,000 LED lights, took five days.

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