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Old 12-17-2010, 01:47 AM
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$11 million Christmas tree; mine cost 80 bucks
UAE hotel erects 11-million-dollar Christmas tree - Yahoo! News
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Old 12-17-2010, 01:48 AM
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maybe they decorated it with some of the stolen chips from the bellagio
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Old 12-17-2010, 08:47 AM
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mine cost 30 here.
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Oops... I almost forgot. I won't be able to make it fellas. Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, jogging. I believe it's jogging or yogging. it might be a soft j. I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It's supposed to be wild.

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Old 12-17-2010, 09:05 AM
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good thing people can spend 11 million on a freakin tree when kids are starving this Christmas
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Old 12-17-2010, 12:21 PM
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paid 20 for mine

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Old 12-17-2010, 12:50 PM
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"The tree itself is about 10,000 dollars," Olbertz said. "The jewellery has a value of over 11 million dollars -- I think 11.4, 11.5."
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Old 12-17-2010, 01:20 PM
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Yes and it's in a 7 start hotel, in the UAB, so nothing to do with helping out the poor, that's just how a 7 star hotel rolls.
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Old 12-17-2010, 01:55 PM
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We have had our tree for as long as I can remember, at least over 10-15 years. So to say we got lots of mileage out of it would be an understatement.
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updated story on this

Abu Dhabi hotel regrets $11M Christmas 'overload' - Yahoo! News
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Old 12-19-2010, 11:40 AM
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lol frickin crazy...true xmas spirit there
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Old 12-19-2010, 11:36 PM
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didn't know mussies celebrated december 25th
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didn't know mussies celebrated december 25th
That is a tourist destination that attracts Christians from Europe. But the Middle East has Christian enclaves and even Jewish enclaves throughout it and has over the course of history. They don't view Jesus as God like Christians but they view him as a prophet.
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Old 12-20-2010, 05:44 AM
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"It holds a total of 181 diamonds, pearls, emeralds, sapphires and other precious stones, said Khalifa Khouri, owner of Style Gallery, which provided the jewellery."

"which provided" doesn't necessarily mean they were sold--could be sponsored or on loan as a form of advertisement from the jeweller.

Girls often say "if you've got 'em, flaunt 'em".

...so why not--boobs or diamonds catch the eye all the time.
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Old 12-20-2010, 07:14 AM
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Yes and it's in a 7 start hotel, in the UAB, so nothing to do with helping out the poor, that's just how a 7 star hotel rolls.
i guess America can be the only charitable country? Because there isnt poverty over there or anything.
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Old 12-20-2010, 12:45 PM
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LOL like Xmas is about charity or giving anymore anyway
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