We rated all the Christmas trees on campus

Can you be-leaf it? Term is officially over for most, but Christmas is still a couple of weeks away. We decided to head out on a tree-rific tour of campus to locate the campus’s most festive firs, submit them to our cold, impassioned scrutiny and pit them against each other, because nothing quite says ‘Christmas’, like a spot of ruthless competition.

Outside Arts Centre

Size: 10/10

Decoration: 7/10

General Festivity: 8/10

Comments: Its all in the height. The decoration? ‘Minimalist,’ some would say, others would go with ‘lazy’.

Inside Arts Centre

Size: 5/10

Decoration: 4/10 (bonus point for originality)

Festivity: 3/10

Comments: Imitation dead leaves on slightly less dead leaves. We appreciate it was themed, but all the same.

Chaplaincy

Size: 6.5/10

Decoration: 7.510

General Festivity: 7.5/10

Comments: Red and gold is always a winner.

Library

Size: 6/10

Decoration: 6/10

General Festivity: 7/10 (bonus point for originality)

Comments: Imagine playing Jenga.

Chemistry

Size: 8/10

Decoration: 8.5/10

General Festivity: 8.5/10

Comments: The competition is heating up with this number. Those chemists sure know a thing or two about Christmas trees.

Humanities

Size: 7/10

Decoration: 2/10

Festivity: 1/10

Comments: Have you ever walked into the Humanities’ building in the past few weeks and felt … watched? The culprit: a sinister, insidious presence lurking in a squished corner of the reception, its branches splayed tarantula-like against the ceiling. Instead of emitting a starry glow from its top, as a Christmas tree is supposed to do, this thing seems to seep a dingy gloom. Stare too long, and be claimed by the abyss.

WMG

Size: 9/10

Decoration: 9/10

Festivity: 9/10

Comments: We’ve got front-runner, folks.

Oculus

Size: 9/10

Decoration: 8/10

Festivity: 8/10

Comments: Yew can’t beat a good Christmas tree. They really spruce up the place.

Xananas

Size: 8/10

Decoration: 7.5/10

Festivity: 8/10

Comments: He looks a little drunk (or trunk), but he’s merry. If the ghost of Christmas present from ‘A Muppet’s Christmas Carol’ was embodied in tree form, he would look like this.

Koan

Size: 10/10

Decoration: N/A

General Festivity: 10/10

Comments: You can’t dismiss the Koan.

And the winner was: WMG

It’s got it all. Height, decoration and colour. Get your pics now folks, and make sure to give the Humanities building a wide birth as you make your way down to WMG.

Merry Christmas! And remember  – you can’t really quantify true festive spirit.