COMEDIAN Jason Manford attempted to see the funny side as he was forced to fork out for a second tree days before Christmas.
The stand-up, 41, took to his Twitter page to reveal how his first fir tree had shed its needles prematurely.
Yet making the mishap into a spot of festive fun, Jason blamed the disaster on the annoying Elf on the Shelf Christmas toy.
He posted a series of snaps showing the remaining needles of his tree swept into a pile alongside the baubles neatly boxed back up.
On top of the pile sat the grinning elf doll, with Jason explaining in the caption: "Annoyingly our Christmas Tree was shedding its needles prematurely and becoming bald (even with watering it etc)
"So last night, I took it down & blamed the naughty Elf!"
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He added a letter alongside the toy which read: "Dear Manford family,
"Your tree was rubbish, you know it, I know it, Santa knows it.
"I did you a favour.
"You're welcome, get a better one!"
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It was signed off with the words: "Love the elf."
After putting up his dazzling new Christmas tree, Jason added a stunning image and the words: "Right! Well that was one way of spending 24 hours off work! 😂 godamn elf!
The Elf then appeared to rectify thing with a second note, in which he told the family he had bought them some chocolates.
Dad of six Jason's festive drama comes as The Sun exclusively revealed he will soon front a new ITV series with ex cricketer Freddie Flintoff.
The host of Field Of Dreams and Top Gear is teaming up with comedian Jason Manford for an upcoming show for ITV called Two Men In A Tent.
As the name suggests, it will see the former Lancashire and England ace and stand-up star Jason join forces for a spot of camping in the one-off, hour-long special, which will air later this year.
But to make things a bit trickier, Freddie and Jason will have to pitch up in the Welsh wilderness — including on the side of the country’s largest peak, Mount Snowdon.
The duo were filming last month and Jason even posted a couple of cheeky images on Snowdon on his Instagram account.
A TV insider said: “Getting these two together is a no-brainer for ITV bosses, though the random challenge might leave a few viewers scratching their heads as neither have huge experience of surviving outdoors.
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