TOKYO - Want to impress the kids this Christmas? A Tokyo retailer has just the thing -- if you've got about $2 million to spare. The Christmas tree is made up of more than 1,200 metres (3,950 feet) of gold wireJeweller Ginza Tanaka is going all out this season with a two-metre (6.6-foot) Christmas tree made with pure gold wire that's as fine as angel hair pasta. The shop in Tokyo's glitzy Ginza district says the 19 kilogramme (42 pound) tree is made up of more than 1,200 metres (3,950 feet) of gold wire. "The wire is made of the finest gold which has a 99.999 percent purity level," Ginza Tanaka store manager Takahiro Ito told AFP on Tuesday.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2016 12:46 UTC