Hasta La Ideas

The Christmas before the pandemic started, California-based civil engineer and woodworker Tyemadeit created a 9-foot-tall Christmas tree out of 288 pieces of wood. Sure, assembly is a little tedious, but with the exception of the base, this thing’d be easy to transport flat:

For last year’s Christmas, a customer commissioned him to make another. This time he went zig-zag with the unfurling pattern:

It’s hard to think of 2020 as the good ol’ days, but for Christmas 2021, given lumber prices, Christmas tree shortages and even plastic Christmas tree shortages, it’s unclear exactly what type of tree, if any, Christmas celebrators will have in their homes.