WTF! THIS NI**A DRESSED UP AS A CHRISTMAS TREE!

A Christmas enthusiast bummed by the holiday decorations ban at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal spruced up the popular transit hub on Friday.

Artist and activist Scott LoBaido dressed up in a 7-foot Christmas tree costume and paraded around the St. George Terminal for nearly two hours, delighting commuters.

“I couldn’t just place a Christmas Tree at the terminal,” LoBaido said. “So it became my costume.”

“Everybody was just smiling and laughing and that's what the whole spirit of Christmas is,” he added.

The city Department of Transportation said last week it was advised this year against putting up Christmas trees, menorahs and other holiday decorations at the terminals, even though it had in the past. Mayor Bloomberg defended the decision, saying the “Department of Transportation got sued one too many” times.

LoBaido called the ban a cave to a “politically correct agenda that is sweeping the nation.”

His protest on Friday drew little attention from police or city officials.

“It was totally, totally positive,” LoBaido said. “People were thanking me, hugging the tree.”

The Staten Island resident said he spent nearly $400 on the costume, using mostly chicken wire, duct tape and “a lot of battery-operated lights.”

“I was eventually going to take a ride on the ferry boat, but I made the tree too high and could not get through the door,” he joked.

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