The worst Christmas displays - Telegraph The lights are God awful, and it is simply an embarrassment to the town. It's like an upside down cornet. Locals have posted pictures of the tree on Facebook. Mark Wilson wrote: "I don't understand why they spent 1000s on fireworks and use an old dunce's hat for the Xmas tree," while others said the tree looked like a wigwam. A spokesman for Stockton Council said they had been forced to use the cone in place of a real tree because of developments taking place in the high street. He told the Daily Mail: "'The central and northern sections are quite literally a building site, so there's no room for our normal 40-ft high Spruce, which will be back next year. In the interim we've used the 20ft cone with illuminated snowflake designs, rather than leave this part of the High Street bare. In a Nottingham town residents threatened to boycott the annual lights switch on event after they said the Christmas tree put up in Cotgrave resembled nothing more than a twig. When the tree was first put up they launched an online campaign and raised £250 through an anonymous donation to replace the "feeble" conifer, but the spindly 8ft tree so far remains and had its lights switched on at the weekend. Have you seen any bad Christmas tree or lights displays? Please send your best and worst pictures to mypic@telegraph.co.uk and include your name, contact details and where you saw the display.