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Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree mocked after arriving from Norway: ‘Where’s the other half of it?’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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Standing at 62ft (19 metres) tall, the spruce grew in Nordmarka, just outside of Oslo, before being chopped down, transported 1,000 miles and unveiled in central London on Monday in a scrawny condition.

People on social media were quick to mock the tree, which appeared to have been missing half of its volume before workers were seen hammering in extra branches, performing a “Christmas Miracle” transplant.

“They are taking the p**s that ain’t a Christmas tree. Well it is but it’s not what we expect. Send it back,” one person said to initial pictures of the tree.

Another person tweeted: “Each year it feels like this is a visual representation of the state of the nation. This year is ‘meh, could be better, could be worse.’”

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According to the MailOnline, this year’s tree may be the last dispatched from Norway with the tradition and transportation seen to be outdated and environmentally unfriendly.

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[–] 9cpluss@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

There is actually a bit of debate to stop this tradition (Norway giving a Christmas tree to the UK) because of environmental reasons. Some people are arguing that they could keep the tradition but instead Norway pays for a tree that was grown in the UK to avoid the long transport.