Peel the carrot, discarding the top and bottom.

From the thicker end of the carrot, cut 8 rounds, around ½ cm thick.

Using a mini star-shaped cutter, cut a star from each piece of carrot.

Divide and cut the remaining piece of carrot into 8 pieces, which will form the trunks of your cucumber trees.

Set the carrot stars and pieces to one side.

Using a vegetable peeler, cut long strips from the cucumber, the whole length long.

Starting at the smallest end, carefully fold a strip of cucumber back and forth, starting with small folds and getting gradually bigger with each one, until you have created a tree shape.

Push the folds together, and push a cocktail stick through to skewer them from top to bottom.

Push the cocktail stick into one of the carrot pieces, big fold side down.

Push a carrot star onto the other end of the cocktail stick.

Carefully separate the folds a little so that the cucumber fills the space between the two carrot pieces.

Stand your edible Christmas tree on a plate or serving tray and repeat until you have made as many cucumber trees as you need.

Serve immediately.