Editor's Note:
Every year, people around the world would put up Christmas trees ahead of the winter holiday. But Christmas trees do not necessarily have to be firs, pines or spruces. Here are some creative substitutes around the world made from beer bottles, pure gold, and even LEGO pieces!
A woman displays one of the gold coins used to create a 3-meter-tall Christmas tree on display in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on November 9, 2017. The tree uses a total of 73 kilograms in gold coins worth 350 million yen ($3 million). Photo: VCG 
An 8-meter-tall Christmas tree made from 300,000 LEGO bricks is displayed at LEGOLAND Windsor Resort in Berkshire, Britain on December 3, 2014. The tree took four weeks to complete. Photo: VCG 
A Christmas tree made of 8,000 beer bottles stands in Lagos, Nigeria on December 17, 2014. Photo: VCG 
A Christmas tree made of books is displayed in a library in Sejong, South Korea on December 12, 2014. Photo: VCG 
A 7.6-meter-tall Christmas tree made of 12,000 macaroons stands in a hotel lobby in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on December 16, 2013. Photo: VCG
