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A
BCD
EFGHI
JKLMNOP
OPQRSTU
VWX
Y
IZUZHZ
WZYZTZ

Did it work?
As you say Jazzgirl the ZZZs might be different.

nope.

It won't have it, Phillip !
Maybe it's sally's Tequila cake making it go wonky.

I made mine with Raki and Ouzo.

No wonder it's wonky !

Hi Jazzgirl
Hi Phillip
Glad you had a go and got a tree!!!!!
With lights on
In a planter box
I thought ZZZ and ZZZ below would do
And did you notice you nearly get GLORY down the trunk!!!!
Have been harbouring this symetrical spacing of the vowels for 30 years so am glad to be able to publish it and you to produce it.

I tried to get the design onto the forum but it wont translate properly
BUT Should look good in your lounge window in coloured flow-pen (Facing the street of course)
(For copyright it is known as THEAS XMAS TREE
LOL
THEA

One last try:

....A
...BCD
..EFGHI
..JKLMN
.OPQRSTU
...VWX
....Y
...ZZZ
...ZZZ

There's a (possibly apocryphal) story about the invention of the Christmas tree. Martin Luther was staggering home from the tavern late one Christmas Eve when he walked into a small fir. "Somebody put some lights on this thing!" he yelled. Must have looked rather like your word patterns.

There's also a German Joke (yes,that does exist,but needs a lot of explaining: a Saxon comes to London & orders a Christmas Tree with the words ATTENTION PLEASE = A TAENNCHEN
PLEASE (Taennchen is the diminutive of Tanne=fir tree). Yes,that was it --- and in case you didn't laugh (almost certain) I still wish you all A Very Damp Christmas as they say in Hamburg,too (a mild reference to alcohol,I believe)---though I still need to exchange ideas with anyone who's still there on The Monster Speccy:only half done so far...