I live a 15-minute walk away from West Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s version of Rodeo Drive. This busy street is lined on both sides by luxury brand stores and massive high-end shopping malls, almost all of which are now decorated for Christmas. I was walking home via Nanjing Road last night when I passed by one Christmas tree that made me look twice: outside the Plaza 66 mall, a massive tree is decorated with actual Mini Cooper cars, a security guard wandering around its base.
I didn’t have my camera with me yesterday, but I walked back up to the mall this morning and obtained photographic evidence that my eyes weren’t deceiving me. Those really are cars on that tree.
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 
How bizarre is that??!!