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I grew Christmas tree from seedling I got free in The Sun… but I now need to chop it down after it grew to 25ft

The tree is so large it blocks light getting into Nannette's home

A PENSIONER who grew a Christmas tree from a seedling she got free in The Sun needs someone to chop it down after it grew to 25ft.

Nannette Stratton, 78, collected coupons for the plant which was just 6in when it was delivered 25 years ago.

Nannette Stratton, 78, is looking for help cutting down her 25ft Christmas tree she got free from The Sun
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Nannette Stratton, 78, is looking for help cutting down her 25ft Christmas tree she got free from The SunCredit: BNPS
The fir was just 6 inches tall when Nannette received it 25 years ago
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The fir was just 6 inches tall when Nannette received it 25 years agoCredit: Thompson & Morgan

But the tree shot up by a foot every year and now overshadows her house.

Nannette’s husband Norman, who died, aged 90, earlier this year, spotted The Sun offer all those years ago.

She said: “It was tiny, it looked so pathetic me and my husband never thought it would grow. I put it in a flower pot but I had to keep repotting it until I put it in the front garden. Now it’s nearly up to the roof.

“I love it but it blocks out light to my bedroom.”

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Great-gran Nannette, from Christchurch, Dorset, now needs someone to chop it down or dig it up and take it to a charity, council, school or a care home.

She said: “It is such a beautiful tree, a lovely shape and so green.

“I’d love to see it finally covered in Christmas lights.”

Any organisation who could give the tree its Christmas treatment should contact The Sun newsdesk.

If you could help please contact The Sun by email on [email protected], by phone on 020 7782 4100 or by WhatsApp on 07423 720250.

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