by "Svend" (svend)
Published 12/31/2017 at 04:10
by "Svend" (svend)
Published 12/31/2017 at 04:10
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I know Christmas is over, thankfully over.
I’m not one for Christmas but some traditions that take place at this time are amazing to me.
Such as the Christmas tree erected in Trafalgar Square, London each year.
It is a 50-60 year old Norwegian Spruce of 20 metres tall donated each year by the people of Oslo, Norway to the people of Britain every year since 1947 in gratitude for Britain’s support during the second world war.
Below is the first Christmas tree in 1947.
As the current one stands today.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
12/31/2017 at 04:59, STARS: 2
Hopefully the tradition keeps going
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
12/31/2017 at 05:00, STARS: 1
Cool story, had never heard about this before.
"Svend" (svend)
12/31/2017 at 05:21, STARS: 0
It’s one of those things that’s happened for so long that many just see forget why it is.
But it’s a nice thing.
"Svend" (svend)
12/31/2017 at 05:22, STARS: 0
Hopefully so.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
12/31/2017 at 09:59, STARS: 1
I’m not even joking when I say I’m glad the environmentalists haven’t put an end to this. Very nice gesture.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/31/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 3
I didn’t know about that tree. Of course, in the US, we have the ridiculously tall tree in Rockefeller Center every year.
But here’s the first one, put up by workers in 1931, shown here waiting to receive their paycheck.
“The progenitor of the world’s most famous Christmas tree [sic] was a relatively modest balsam rising out of a rock floor near the eastern end of the central block. On Dec. 24, 1931, some very fortunate men dressed the tree in strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans, then took places in line beside it. The men didn’t look fortunate, shuffling forward in their dust-caked work boots and grimy overalls, but as the line reached the clerk standing beside an upended wooden crate next to the tree, each man was handed proof of his luck: a paycheck.” ( NYT )
"Svend" (svend)
12/31/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 1
There’s all this history and so many people just walk past.
Thanks for posting this.