A big branch painted white with fairy lights wrapped round

Have you noticed how the trend this Christmas is for white painted trees with embedded lights that look very much like a big branch painted white with fairy lights wrapped round but cost a shed load of money? The good ones look very tasteful and I was tempted for 5 minutes before I did indeed realise they are just big synthetic branches painted white with lights wrapped round. So I have rescued a big branch from a tree that next door was having pruned and have spray-painted it white and wrapped lights round. Boom boom. It looks fantastically festive to say it's just a big branch painted white with lights wrapped round. A very big and wonderful British department store eat your heart out.