Avril Rowlands is paying tribute to her late husband Chris when lighting up a tree that they planted in their garden at home

A grieving widow has paid a glowing tribute to her late husband by decorating a Christmas tree they planted in 1979 – which now stands over 50ft tall.

Avril and Christopher Rowlands dug a hole for their £6 fir to mark their first Christmas together in their new home.

More than four decades later, the whopping tree now towers over their four-bedroom detached house. Since 2004 the couple used a cherry picker to decorate the tree with thousands of festive lights and switch them on every December.

Christopher died from emphysema in March, but Avril has vowed to continue the traditional festive switch on in his memory.

The tree stands over 50ft tall (Image: Emma

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