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| Conifer pruned into plum pudding | Conifer pruned into plum pudding |
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| A couple from Somerset have transformed a 20ft (6m) conifer into a Christmas pudding complete with cream and illuminated holly berries on top. | |
| The tree in Roger and Valerie Holley's front garden in Yeovil is spreading the festive cheer to passers-by. | |
| Roger Holley, 60, used white emulsion paint to create the cream and half a dozen ball floats from a toilet cistern, painted red for the berries. | |
| It has taken Mr Holley five years of careful pruning to create the pudding. | It has taken Mr Holley five years of careful pruning to create the pudding. |
| "We're a very sociable couple and like to spread good cheer," said Mr Holley of his festive creation. | |
| Illuminated holly | |
| The couple got the idea for the transformation from their 10-year-old granddaughter. | |
| "I was pruning it because it kept getting bigger and bigger and she said 'you know granddad it looks a bit like a pudding'," said Mr Holley. | |
| The first pudding transformation happened two years ago when Mr and Mrs Holley laid white sheets over the top of the conifer to represent the cream. | |
| "Bad weather took the sheets apart but the original plywood leaves which are 4ft (1.22m) tall are the same and the base made from railway sleepers and a car tyre haven't changed," said Mr Holley. | |
| Tiny lights inserted into the berries mean the whole pudding comes to life at night. | |
| "The neighbours love it - it makes everyone smile." |