The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC CHRISTMAS SPECIAL competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 18: It has lights and colors crowds behold, suffused with admiration;
 
Can any tree when ornamented be denied a celebration?

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A clue to CROSSWORD / CENTENARY (Rhyming Couplet).
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Nicely misleading surface
2.Lovely deceptive misleading use of lights. What a pity the scansion is marred by an extra syllable in the second line.
3.what's 'be denied' doing in clue context? should be no padding in the plain cryptic part