Christmas trees come in all different shapes and sizes.

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There are tall, bushy ones. Miniature ones that sit on your table top. Fake ones. Real ones.

Then there's this 65ft one in Rome's Piazza Venezia, which cost a solid €48,000 ($57,000) in transport fees and pretty much has more baubles than pine needles:

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Oh dear.

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The tree has been drawing a mixture of criticism and pity since it was put up in the square earlier this month.

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Many people on social media have been mourning its untimely demise.

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The tree even has its own Twitter account now, and a solid 5000+ followers.

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"Spelacchio" (which roughly translates as "mangy") is now rapidly entering meme territory.

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RIP.

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