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Wednesday, 19 December 2012

London's Special Xmas Tree

Every year since 1947 the City of Oslo has given a Xmas tree to the people of London as a tribute for British support during WWII.

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  1. Norway does this each year. One is put on the Mound in Edinburgh each year also. 'The Shetland bus' was very important during the war.

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  2. It seemed bigger then Nelson's Column when I was a kid!!!

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  3. its going to be beautiful to night. i'm pretty sure

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  4. i bet it's beautiful when it's all lit up at night! what a nice gift :)

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  5. What a beautiful and shapely tree! Very nice.

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  6. What a beautiful tradition!

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  7. I saw it on a trip to London last week. It did indeed look beautiful last Friday night with a choir of school children singing Christmas carols and songs for charity.
    One of 9 trees in the UK given by various Norwegian cities. Ours in Newcastle comes from Bergen.

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  8. Three years ago I was standing RIGHT where you were looking in the same direction and admiring the tree. Love it there this time of year. Miss it dearly!

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  9. It's HUGE! How lovely, and what a happy tradition.

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  10. I love seeing this, thank you!

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