Family Tree will feature Irish actor Chris O'Dowd, who starred in hit movie Bridesmaids and Channel 4's The IT Crowd.

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The stamps are from a special Christmas issue which feature a range of traditional Christmas tree decorations painted by UK artist Colleen Corlett.

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The set will feature real grass, an oak tree and "clouds" suspended from wires above the stadium - one of which will produce rain, provided the British weather does not provide its own on the night.

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Another feature that makes a pagoda unlike a tree is that, curiouser and curiouser, its individual storeys are not actually attached to one another.

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She sang the role of Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin and couldn't resist acquiring a small cache of merchandising (mugs, tree ornaments and the like) when the feature was released.

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