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Cut the celery into sticks (various sizes are fine).
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On a large flat plate, lay out about 8 celery sticks in the shape of the tree top. Make sure to leave enough room for the tree top decoration.
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Continue to lay the celery sticks on the plate to form the entire tree.
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Then fill in the tree with the remaining celery sticks.
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Lay out the celery so some have the light colored sides up and others have the dark sides up.
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Cut the carrots in quarters lengthwise.
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To make the carrot garland, lay out the carrots about 2 inches from the bottom of the tree in a zigzag direction.
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The bottom string of carrot garland should take about 6 pieces of the cut carrots.
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Next, about two inches above the first string of carrot garland, lay out about 4 pieces of carrots in a zigzag shape to form the second string of garland.
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Then about two inches above the second string of carrot garland, repeat to make the third string of garland up towards the top of the tree.
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Cut the tomatoes in half width-wise.
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Then add the cut tomatoes smooth side up to make ornaments (if you have enough tomatoes, an option is to use the non-stem half only which looks prettier as an ornament).
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Next, cut a quarter piece off of a whole green bell pepper and cut about 12 very thin pieces that are about 3 inches long.
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Lay out 4 rows of the thin pieces of bell pepper in between each strand of carrot garland to make the bell pepper garland.
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Then lay the whole yellow cherry tomatoes on the tree as ornaments.
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Next, cut the mushrooms in quarters. Then add 6 of the cut pieces to the bottom of the tree to form the trunk.
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Cut the cucumber slices about an inch thick (with the skin on). Then cut each slice into quarters to form 4 triangles. Lay out the triangular pieces of cucumber on the tree as ornaments.
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Then cut the green olives into about 1/2 inch thick slices and lay them on to the tree as ornaments.
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Next, cut the black olives in half lengthwise and lay them cut side down on to the tree as ornaments.
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Lastly, make a rosette out of the radish and use it to top the tree.
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Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
