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Beautiful Christmas Trees Around the World

These Christmas Trees will have you wanting to travel the world.

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Well, Christmas isn't just big in the states. Christmas is big around the whole entire world. These 12 Christmas Tree's will have you wanting to travel the world:

1. Rockefeller Center in New York, New York

Home of US Broadcasting station NBC, the nation's most known tree's are put here to be gazed upon every Christmas. A tree has been put at the location since 1933.

2. Milano, Piazza Duomo in Milano, Italia

This spectacular Christmas tree is decorated with Pandora Jewelry. The architecture of the duomo really brings out the tree!

3. Place Vendome in Paris, France

These beautiful trees are set beside the restructured Vendome Column modeled after Trajan's Column to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz.

4. St. Katharine Docks in London, England

This Christmas tree is a 45ft tree with 14,000 lights. It took 8 men 16 hours to assemble and it weighs in at 5.8 tons! The star is 5ft tall, also.

For more information:http://www.skdocks.co.uk/whats-on/christmas-tree-l...

5. Trafalgar Square in London, UK

This tree is actually a gift from Norway for England's help in War World II. They have been receiving the tree since 1947.

6. Galeries Lafayette in Paris, France

This beautiful Christmas tree was made by French artistic director, creator and writer, Lorenzo Papace. He made this tree out of PAPER! The department store has a different theme every year with a different tree every year. Just search what they have to offer... you will be amazed!

7. Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

With a population of 3.5 million people, a lot of people from Berlin come to the beautiful gate to see this tree on Christmas time. It also attracts many tourists. Many political events have happened here. It was once a place for Nazi ceremonies.

8. Monte Ingino, Gubbio, Italy

When you have several hundred trees instead of just one... Yeah, Italy is doing it right. Individual pine trees are fitted with lights in order to create a massive tree on the mountain. The Pope actually switches it on remotely... okay cool.

9. National Christmas Tree in Washington D.C, USA

Of course, this tree is sprinkled with red, white, and blue lights all over the tree: patriotism. The tree has been lit up for 54 years around the time.

To learn more about this year's tree: http://thenationaltree.org/2016-national-christmas...

10. Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain

The tree has a different design every year and is declared to be environmentally friendly. It is a sculpture of metal and class.

11. Praca do Camercio in Lisbon, Portugal


This Christmas Tree is different every year.

12. Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Located in the beautiful Emirates Palace Hotel. It is decorated with more than $11 million in jewelry and stones... Imagine losing something from that tree.

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