Eliza Woolhouse - who celebrated her 102nd birthday last Tuesday - has had the tree so long she can no longer remember where she bought it or how much she paid for it.
But the great-grandmother from Royston has decorated her beloved 2ft tree for more than 80 years, buying it the same year her first son was born.
And she says she will never replace it, insisting: "They don't make them like this anymore.
"I'm too old and I've had it too long to want another. I've always valued it.
"The children have all got big, beautiful trees so if I want to see one I can just go look at theirs."
The tree - constructed around a single piece of cane with artificial branches covered in green tinsel - has taken pride of place in the same corner of Eliza's living room throughout the years.
She decorates it every Christmas with the same glass baubles that she's looked after for decades.
"I've not bought any new decorations for years," added Eliza, of West End Avenue.
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