Chapman said her partner went outside to videotape the birds when he turned around and noticed there was a nearly 10-foot python wrapped around the couple’s Christmas tree.

But for one woman in Australia, the seasonal theme was very big snakes, when she got home to find a 10-foot python adorning her tree.

It’s not something on most people’s Christmas list, but a snake catcher has revealed why this 2.5m python was lured to a spot under a Gold Coast family’s newly decorated tree. Jami Roberts ...