IT HAS stood guard over a lifetime of presents and emerged unscathed from the Second World War and the floods of 2007.
As he does every year, 78-year-old Derek Upfield has put up his Christmas tree above the fireplace in his north Hull home.
It was bought by his adopted parents Albert and Violette in London in 1934.
A few years later, the family moved to Hull, where the tree has been put on show ever since.
He said: "My family bought it for my first Christmas.
"Some of the baubles are nearly as old as the tree. They are very fragile. Unfortunately, a few of them broke when I lifted the tree on to the fireplace."
Derek stores the tree upstairs in the cupboard and carefully places the toys in boxes in a case prior to Christmas.
He said: "I won't part with it. There are too many happy memories associated with the tree.
"My first memories of the tree are when we used to put fairy lights up.
"I have many happy memories of the tree when presents used to be put underneath and I used to enjoy guessing what was in the boxes.
"I don't believe there will be many older artificial Christmas trees in Hull."
Mr Upfield, a former cabinet maker, has just returned from hospital after a fall.
He said: "The tree has come with me wherever I have lived.
"It will have seen a lot over the years and will have a few stories to tell.
"It survived all the bombs during the war. We were lucky and escaped without the house being damaged by any bombs.
"One did go down a chimney in the street next to ours and the area had to be evacuated.
"It also survived the 2007 floods. The garden was flooded, but the water went away before the house was damaged."