Honestly, it's now plastic, which makes any relevance to this particular tree irrelevant. Basically, the idea was that you would write your wishes down on a piece of paper and throw it onto the tree. However, with the number of wishes on the tree, the branches broke, so they decided to replace it. Honestly, that isn't how it is supposed to work, and a plastic tree certainly is not going to be able to replace, well, a real tree. Still, there isn't all that much to look at, and it is a pain to actually get here anyway. Fortunately I was able to get a cab back to civilisation. read more