BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS TREES
Added on: 25th Dec 2015
THIS SPECTACULAR VIEW WITH A FAIRY-TALE LIKE
CHRISTMAS TREE CAN BE ENJOYED AT THE BILTMORE ESTATE,
A LARGE PRIVATE ESTATE AND TOURIST ATTRACTION IN
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE 35FT (11 METRE) TALL
FRASER FIR IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BANQUET HALL
EVERY YEAR.
THE GRAND PALACE IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, IS THE PLACE
WHERE THE CITY´S CHRISTMAS TREE IS ANNUALLY ERECTED.
TRADITIONALLY, IT HAS BEEN A REAL, GIANT TREE BUT IN
2012, A 25 METRE (82FT) HIGH ABSTRACT-STYLE ELECTRONIC
TREE WAS BUILT ON THAT SPOT. HOWEVER, NOT EVERYBODY
APPRECIATED THIS ACT; THE STRUCTURE CAUSED STRONG
UPROAR AND CRITICISM AMONG MANY LOCAL PEOPLE.
LOCATED IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS
CHRISTMAS TREE MAY NOT BELONG AMONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL,
NOR THE MOST ORIGINAL TREES BUT IS IT DOES HAVE AN
IMPRESSIVE PRIMACY – THIS MASSIVE OAK IS THE LARGEST
AND PROBABLY ALSO OLDEST LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE
IN THE WORLD.
THIS AMAZING 24FT (7.3 METRE) TALL MULTICOLORED
CHRISTMAS TREE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF UNUSUAL
ART DESIGN. LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL CAMPO SANTO
STEFANO SQUARE IN MURANO, ITALY THE TREE WAS MADE
FROM 1,000 GLASS TUBES BY SIMONE CENEDESE, A
VENETIAN MASTER GLASS ARTIST.
PRAGUE, THE CAPITAL OF CZECH REPUBLIC, IS ONE THE
CITIES THAT STICKS TO THE TRADITIONAL FORMS OF
CHRISTMAS TREES. RAISED IN THE OLD TOWN SQUARE, THE
TREE IS USUALLY ABOUT 25 METRE (80FT) TALL, DECORATED
WITH THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS AND ORNAMENTS AND TOPPED
WITH A LARGE SHINING STAR.
IN LONDON, THE PLACE WHERE THE MAJOR CHRISTMAS
TREE IS BUILT ANNUALLY, IS TRAFALGAR SQUARE. THE TREE,
USUALLY A SPRUCE, HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN
BY THE NORWEGIAN CITY OF OSLO EVERY YEAR SINCE 1947.
THE TREE IS DECORATED IN A SIMPLE TRADITIONAL
NORWEGIAN STYLE AND ADORNED WITH 500 WHITE LIGHTS.
CHOCOLATE FANS WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS
CHRISTMAS TREE DESIGN BY A FRENCH CHOCOLATIER
PATRICK ROGERS. HE MADE THIS 32FT (ALMOST 10 METRE)
HIGH, 4 TON CHRISTMAS TREE SOLELY FROM CHOCOLATE
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A RESEARCH INTO NEUROMUSCULAR
DISEASES.
BUT CHOCOLATE IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY MATERIAL
A CHRISTMAS TREE CAN BE MADE FROM. IN DECEMBER
2012, AN ASIAN LEGOLAND PARK WAS DECORATED WITH
THIS 9-METRE (30FT) CHRISTMAS TREE MADE FROM
400,000 LEGO DUPLO BRICKS.
REFERRED TO AS THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE,
THIS SPECTACULAR CHRISTMAS TREE CAN BE FOUND IN
FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON D.C.
EVERY YEAR. IT IS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT HIMSELF WHO
IS HONOURED TO LIGHT IT. THE TREE USED FOR THIS
PURPOSE IS ALWAYS THE SAME – IT IS A 10-METRE (33FT)
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE, WHICH STANDS OUTSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE GATES
LET US FINISH OFF IN GERMANY, THE BIRTHPLACE OF ALL
CHRISTMAS TREES. THERE ARE MANY IMPRESSIVE CHRISTMAS
TREES ALL OVER BERLIN DURING CHRISTMAS BUT THE MOST
POPULAR IS THE ONE DECORATED IN TRADITIONAL STYLE,
LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE BRANDENBURG GATE, THE ICONIC
LANDMARK OF THE GERMAN CAPITAL.
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