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They're just much bigger and much brighter than the ones on the tree
in your living room.
1. Vilnius Christmas tree (Lithuania)
The well-preserved old town in the Lithuanian capital looks like just
the sort of place that needs a Christmas tree.
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Now it's got one -- in fact, at 25 meters, the tallest Christmas tree in
the Balkans.
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"To awaken quite alone in a
strange town is one of the
pleasantest sensations in the
world."
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branches.
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Any old city can string up a
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sunny skies, these places do
Christmas better than the rest.
Vilnius Christmas Tree, Cathedral Square, Vilnius, Lithuania
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2. Lego Christmas tree (Legoland
Malaysia)
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but even more striking than its height is that
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Legoland Malaysia, Bandar Medini Iskandar Malaysia, Nusajaya,
Johor, Malaysia; +607 597 8888
3. Rockefeller Center Christmas tree (New York)
The unveiling of this 23-meter Norwegian spruce was a star-studded
affair -- Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis and the Goo Goo Dolls
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Weighing 12 tons, the tree is decorated with 45,000 LEDS and
topped with a 3-meter-wide Swarovski crystal star.
The tree was donated to the Rockefeller Center by the Vargoshe
family, who planted it in the gardens of their Connecticut home 20
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York;
+1 212 588 8601
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4. Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree (Paris)
At 20-meters tall, the world's highest in-store Christmas tree is an
intricate, horology-themed affair standing in France's chicest
department store, Galeries Lafayette.
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Galeries Lafayette (French site only), 40 boulevard Haussmann,
Paris; +33 09 69 39 75 75
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5. Floating Christmas tree (Rio de Janeiro)
Rio advertizes its superlative seasonal contribution as "the world's
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save those dumped in various water supplies
when the celebrations are over.
Nonetheless, its stats are pretty impressive.
More than 100,000 people turned out to see
the 85-meter, 540-ton behemoth lit up for the
first time in the waters off Rio.
World's largest -- or perhaps "only" -- floating Christmas tree.
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Barack Obama was tasked with switching on the 10-meter Colorado
blue spruce known as the National Christmas Tree, which stands
outside the White House gates in President's Park South.
The tree is a permanent fixture, looked after by the National Park
Service -- which keeps that itchy foliage from getting everywhere
when it comes time to trash most trees, post-Christmas.
National Christmas Tree, 17th and D Streets NW, Washington, D.C.;
+1 202 354 6460
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7. Brandenburg Gate Christmas tree (Berlin)
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Norway has given the German
capital a Christmas tree every year as a sign of peace and solidarity
with the reunified country.
The decorations on this year's tree, located as always beneath the
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Nothing ironic there.
Brandenburg Gate Christmas tree, Pariser Platz, Berlin
8. Macaroon Christmas tree, Ritz-Carlton
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
The Christmas tree at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in
Charlotte, North Carolina, is edible: it's made
from 8,000 colorful macaroons.
Hopefully, the staff have been fed well.
Using 10,008 egg whites, 110 cups of sugar
and 57 cups of almonds, the hotel's pastry
team took 58 hours to create -- or should that
be bake -- the tree.
Ritz-Carlton Charlotte, 201 East Trade Street, Charlotte, North
Carolina; +1 704 547 2244
9. Umbrella tree, Goring hotel (London)
Luxury umbrella brand Fulton made the tree outside London's Goring
hotel, so it's not hard to guess which popular winter accessory
features heavily.
Mirrored baubles designed to represent raindrops are interspersed
with miniature umbrellas set with sequined crystals.
One of the brand's trademark birdcage-style umbrellas -- supposedly
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a favorite of the British royal family -- replaces the traditional star at
the top of the tree.
Good thing Trojan doesn't make a Chrismas tree -- they don't right?
The Goring, Beeston Place, London; +44 7396 9000
10. Opera Christmas tree, Grand Hotel de Bordeaux & Spa
(Bordeaux, France)
Decorated with elaborate opera costumes, yards of lace and
hundreds of crystals, the Christmas tree at the Grand Hôtel de
Bordeaux & Spa is the fruit of a collaboration with L'Opera National
de Bordeaux.
The hotel and the opera house share a baroque style, as does the
tree -- which sings in a nice soprano.
Not really.
Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux & Spa, 2-5 Place de la Comédie,
Bordeaux, France; +33 5 57 30 44 44
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11. Fendi Christmas tree, Hotel de Russie
(Rome)
A creation of the Italian fashion house Fendi,
the Christmas tree at Rome's Hotel de Russie
is unsurprisingly hung all over with the brand's
plexiglass "bag bug" handbags.
The tree at nearby Palazzo Fendi (the fashion
house's headquarters) has a similar theme,
but with miniature Fendi baguette bags being
used instead.
One highly fashionable tree.
Can't help imagining that's one itchy tree.
Hotel de Russie in Rome, Via del Babuino 9, Rome; +39 06 328881
12. Recycled bottle Christmas tree (London)
Humble in origin but still impressive, the Christmas tree outside Ealing
Town Hall in London was crafted from 900 plastic bottles collected by
local school children.
Made by artist Ashley Phillips, the tree has a serious message: that
more waste is produced over the festive season than at any other
time of year.
Possibly including these bottles when everyone's done with the tree.
Recycled bottle Christmas tree, Ealing Town Hall, London; +44 20
8825 5000
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Have you seen Christmas trees more spectacular than these? Is
your own better in its own special way? Let us know in the
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C'mon guys, since when Lithuania is a Balkan country?
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It's really nice of you that you appreciate our Christmas tree in Vilnius! But we are
one of the Baltic states, no Balkans... c'mon CNN :)
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Lithuania is not Balkans, cmon, how these uneducated peaple even work in CNN
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