Expert reveals best and worst Christmas trees & vital job for this weekend to keep them alive until New Year

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THERE’S nothing that shouts Christmas quite like a decorated tree.

Earlier this month even Princess Kate and Wills got into the spirit by choosing one for their home in Kensington Palace.

But all too often by the time the Big Day rolls around – if we don’t have ‘staff’ to look after it – our firs are looking rather pathetic and there’s inevitably incredibly annoying needles all over the house.