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The Trafalgar Square tree is decorated in a traditional Norwegian style and adorned with 500 white lights. [5] In 2008, the tree utilised low-wattage halogen bulbs which used 3.5 kW of power. [5] At the base of the tree stands a plaque, bearing the words: This tree is given by the city of Oslo as a token of Norwegian gratitude to the people of ...
A picture taken of Trafalgar Square on December 5 2024 shows the tree with rows of lights hanging vertically in rows.. Pictures of the donated Christmas trees in December 7 2006, December 29, 2008 ...
A Lego architecture set based on Trafalgar Square was released in 2019. It contains models of the National Gallery and Nelson's Column alongside miniature lions, fountains and double-decker buses. [121] Trafalgar Square is one of the squares on the standard British Monopoly Board. It is in the red set alongside the Strand and Fleet Street. [122]
Trafalgar Square's Christmas tree has been felled in Norway ahead of its arrival in London. The gift will arrive in the capital city before a lights switch-on ceremony on 7 December. Standing at ...
In some cases, the trees represent special commemorative gifts, such as in Trafalgar Square in London, where the City of Oslo, Norway, presents a tree to the people of London as a token of appreciation for the British support of Norwegian resistance during World War II; in Boston, United States, where the tree is a gift from the province of ...
A man dressed as Santa Claus was seen climbing the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square brandishing a poster of prime minister Keir Starmer with the slogan, 'Put the father back into Xmas,' written ...
Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he was killed by a French sniper.
The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree in 2008. Given to London every year as a gift from Norway's capital city, Oslo, Norway spruces that are around 50 to 60 years old are typically used Young spruce group marginal windthrow area twelve years after Kyrill / Vogelsberg