George Clooney Gives Neighbor a Christmas to Remember  12/24/05

Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney once ruined a neighbor's Christmas, by chopping down his only tree.

The Oceans Twelve star was horrified when a man living next door to him got agitated with his dog, so he got his own back by hacking down his prized tree just as Christmas arrived.

He recalls, "One year there was a neighbor of ours who took a couple of shots at my dog who got into his yard. He had this perfect yard, tiny little house, little white picket fence and one evergreen tree in the middle of it...

"He shot at my dog who got into his yard, so on Christmas Eve I snuck into his yard with a bow saw and I cut down his only tree. It is the true, absolute spirit of Christmas and giving!"