Weird & wonderful Christmas trees of the West

The West Country certainly hasn't disappointed when it comes to Christmas lights this festive season, but it's Christmas trees that are becoming far from traditional.

The Queen Victoria Inn in Priddy has put up a 16 foot high Christmas tree made up of shimmering glass bottles. The structure has already caused quite the stir in a Mendip village.

The tree is made of 1000 empty wine bottles, and took a week to build.

Meanwhile, knitters from a church in Bristol have not only created their own Christmas tree from yarn – but when the decorations come down they’re recycling it into blankets for local homeless charities.

Over 800 woolly green squares have been knitted or crocheted and then stacked into a 6 foot tall Christmas tree by the St Michael’s Yarn Bombers from Stoke Gifford.

Whilst 1000s of real Christmas trees are recycled into compost - the knitted tree will be dismantled and sewn into at least 10 woolly blankets for two Bristol charities supporting homeless people.