An elderly couple who live in United Kingdom’s darkest village and who’d planted a 6-foot Christmas tree in 1978 now use a cherry picker to decorate the 50-foot magnanimous tree with 3,000 lights. Avril and Christopher Rowlands from Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England, bought the 6-pound (approx. US$8) fir from a garden center shortly after moving into their home from London. “We moved up to the village from London in 1978 for a more meaningful life,” retired TV writer Avril said. “We saw that the local post office had a Christmas tree which was covered in fairy lights and it really stood out.” Thus, when Christmas was over that year, instead of throwing out the tree, they planted it in their front garden. The couple even took a photo at that time to commemorate the occasion. Over the years, the tree took root and now, 43 years later, it towers over the couple’s detached …