There's a man running around Tokyo dressed as a lit-up Christmas tree

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Alicia Tan
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When the jolly season rolls around, we see many people out on the streets dressed as Santa, elves and even reindeers. But a 2.5m, 25kg Christmas tree decked out with 1,500 LED lights?

Briton Joseph Tame is turning more than a few heads in Japan's capital, Tokyo, by running through the busy streets in his eye-catching costume. The Christmas tree get up runs on 100 batteries and took 60 days to build. His aim? To simply spread the Christmas cheer, he told CNN.

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