A fun entry into the NML code challenge. The challenge's aims are: 1) with the fewest lines; and 2) in the most obscure, unreadable, unmaintainable manner possible. I've, however, decided to use Python in my personal aim of using a different language for each code challenge.

ChristmasTreeBox.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

if len(sys.argv) == 3:
    width, height = [int(i.strip()) for i in sys.argv[1:]]
    drawheight = height

    while drawheight > 0:
        if drawheight == height or drawheight == 1:
            print '*' * width
        else:
            print '*' + ' ' * (width - 2) + '*'
        drawheight -= 1
else:
    print 'please enter a width and a height'