This woman spent 36 hours building an incredible self-rotating Christmas tree featuring a twinkling village scene in action - and it's gone viral.<br /><br />Teacher’s aide Jill Drake, 48, challenged herself to make something a little different for Christmas and let her creative side take over.<br /><br />Jill, who works with children with learning difficulties, had a dream to see a white Christmas, but health issues changed her travel plans. <br /><br />She said: “We were supposed to fly to Canada for our very first white Christmas. Nine days before our flight, I was rushed to hospital with a large cancerous tumour in my kidney and scheduled for an emergency nephrectomy.<br /><br />“Whilst I was in recovery, I kept thinking about what I could do to make Christmas a happy and beautiful time. <br /><br />Jill, from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, said: “It was the September school holidays so I knew I had a couple of weeks to build it. <br /><br />"Once I started and saw how beautiful it was looking, I got a bit excited and ended up working all weekend to finish it.<br /><br />"We usually have somewhere between four and eight Christmas trees throughout the house, but I wanted something different and amazing for my village.<br /><br />“I didn’t get to see my white Christmas, so I decided to make it in my own home instead!"<br /><br />Jill emphasised that, although she loved the project and was so happy at the final result, she never expected it to go viral:<br /><br />She added: “I was so proud of myself - seeing the combination of the twinkling village scene and the slow rotation for the first time was amazing.<br /><br />“My family saw it and told me to put a video on Facebook. When that got a good reaction, my kids told me to sign up for TikTok and here we are! My kids at school are very impressed that their very own Mrs D. has a viral video.<br /><br />“I was totally blown away by the reaction! Everyone that commented had something nice to say about it. I joked with someone who said that I clearly didn’t own a cat...I have four!<br /><br />“There were also some great suggestions about how to keep the tree up all year with different themes which I thought was great.<br /><br />“Loads of people asked if they could buy one! I’m trying to work out logistics but it weighs about 80kg and is HUGE! I’d love to sell them, I just hope I can without charging a small fortune.<br /><br />“I just want people to enjoy it and fall in love with it the way I have. Christmas is magical for lots of different reasons and I think this just encapsulates that magic perfectly!<br />'Merry Christmas'!”
