It's big, it's bright -- and it's not actually a tree but a 25-meter metal frame covered in fir tree branches. At least they're not plastic. But they probably are flammable.
Vilnius Christmas tree (Lithuania) —
It's big, it's bright -- and it's not actually a tree but a 25-meter metal frame covered in fir tree branches. At least they're not plastic. But they probably are flammable.
Courtesy Vilnius Tourist Board
Built with 400,000 Lego blocks. Hey, did kids make this thing?
Lego Christmas tree (Malaysia) —
Built with 400,000 Lego blocks. Hey, did kids make this thing?
Courtesy legoland
Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis and the Goo Goo Dolls performed at the "turning on" of this 12-ton tree, donated by a Connecticut family who found a clever way of getting rid of it.
Rockefeller Center tree (NYC) —
Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis and the Goo Goo Dolls performed at the "turning on" of this 12-ton tree, donated by a Connecticut family who found a clever way of getting rid of it.
Courtesy New York Tourist board
The world's largest "in-store" Christmas tree was designed by Swatch. Batteries not included. Good luck getting it home.
Galeries Lafayette tree (France) —
The world's largest "in-store" Christmas tree was designed by Swatch. Batteries not included. Good luck getting it home.
Courtesy galleries lafayette
At 85 meters and 540 tons, it's the world's largest floating Christmas tree and possibly the world's only one of any note. Parabéns, Brazil!
Floating Christmas tree (Brazil) —
At 85 meters and 540 tons, it's the world's largest floating Christmas tree and possibly the world's only one of any note. Parabéns, Brazil!
courtesy www.arvorenatalbradescoseguros.com.br
Must be hard to have an "austerity" Christmas with this baby parked out the front. And Obama gets to light it.
National Christmas tree (Wash., D.C.) —
Must be hard to have an "austerity" Christmas with this baby parked out the front. And Obama gets to light it.
Courtesy destintion DC
Norway has given Berlin a Christmas tree every year as a sign of peace and solidarity since the fall of the Berlin Wall. But no shockingly expensive Scandinavian thermal wear. Well, it's the thought that counts.
Brandenburg Gate tree (Berlin) —
Norway has given Berlin a Christmas tree every year as a sign of peace and solidarity since the fall of the Berlin Wall. But no shockingly expensive Scandinavian thermal wear. Well, it's the thought that counts.
Courtesy visit berlin
The hotel pastry team at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina, took 58 hours to create this 8,000-cakelet Christmas tree. And were paid in macaroons.
Macaroon Christmas tree (United States) —
The hotel pastry team at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina, took 58 hours to create this 8,000-cakelet Christmas tree. And were paid in macaroons.
Courtesy Ritz carlton
Made by a luxury umbrella maker Fulton and unsurprisingly festooned with said rain gear. Problems start when you imagine what other manufacturers might come up with.
Umbrella tree (London) —
Made by a luxury umbrella maker Fulton and unsurprisingly festooned with said rain gear. Problems start when you imagine what other manufacturers might come up with.
Courtesy goring hotel
This one reflects the baroque style shared by the host Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux & Spa and Bordeaux's opera house. Also sings in a nice soprano. We assume.
Opera Christmas tree (France) —
This one reflects the baroque style shared by the host Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux & Spa and Bordeaux's opera house. Also sings in a nice soprano. We assume.
Courtesy Grand hotel de Bordeaux & Spa
Fendi "bag bugs" festoon the fashion house's tree at the Hotel de Russie, Rome. Get up close and you'll hear it going "mwah mwah" and making snotty comments in five languages.
Fendi Christmas tree (Rome) —
Fendi "bag bugs" festoon the fashion house's tree at the Hotel de Russie, Rome. Get up close and you'll hear it going "mwah mwah" and making snotty comments in five languages.
Courtesy Hotel de Russie
The 900 plastic bottles used to make this London tree were meant as a statement on Christmas consumerism. And a good one: 900 bottles sounds like a helluva lot.
Recycled bottle Christmas tree (London) —
The 900 plastic bottles used to make this London tree were meant as a statement on Christmas consumerism. And a good one: 900 bottles sounds like a helluva lot.
Courtesy ealing.gov.uk