Putting together a real Christmas tree including decorations for £15

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Christmas is expensive enough without splashing out a small fortune on the tree on top of everything else.

I know in the long run it would cheaper to invest in a fake tree and get it out every year.

But I'm a sucker for a real tree, I just love the smell, and it can be done for a reasonable cost.

Ikea is again running its fab promotion where you buy a real tree for £25 and get a £20 voucher in return to spend in store from January, leaving you down £5 overall.

I have seen some really cute but insanely expensive decorations - £15 for a single bauble, seriously!

Personally, on the tree I don't think you can really tell the cheap from the expensive, especially if you stick to a one or two-colour theme a la White Company.

Here enters Wilko. The budget brand is running a three for two promotion on decorations at the moment.

I picked a 34 pack of gold baubles (£2.50), a star to go on top (£2.50) nine gold baubles (£1 and free under the promotion), and some lights (£5) to spend a grand total £10.

And there we have a twinkly little cheap tree.

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