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Are Christmas decorations not what they used to be?

The credit crunch has even hit the world of Christmas trees.

A small square in the Weoley Castle area of Birmingham is now housing a paltry looking 6ft tree minus lights and not much greenery – check out a photo here.

Have a look around some of the surrounding areas on your patch away from the town centres to see what efforts are being made to welcome Christmas.

Trawl through some of your paper’s picture archives to compare today’s decorations with yesteryear.