Trafalgar Square Christmas tree
trafalgar square christmas tree christmas tree given people london city oslo year since tree prominently displayed trafalgar square beginning december january trafalgar square christmas tree annual gift people britain norway token gratitude british support norway second world war since first tree cut norwegian resistance fighter called mon urangsvåg raid hisøy island west coast norway bergen haugesund tree transported england norwegian king haakon vii exile given new tree since grown original stump tree provided central focus trafalgar square traditional carolsinging programme performed different group raising money voluntary charitable organisation tree remains twelfth night christmas taken recycling tree chipped composted make mulch trafalgar square christmas tree typically yearold norway spruce generally metre tall tree cut norway time november ceremony attended british ambassador norway mayor oslo lord mayor westminster tree cut shipped uk boat across sea one time shipped felixstowe free charge cargo ship fred olsen line least tree shipped across north sea immingham dfds tor line responsibility radius group transport guard erect tree trafalgar square trafalgar square tree decorated traditional norwegian style adorned white light tree utilised lowwattage halogen bulb used kw power base tree stand plaque bearing word tree given city oslo token norwegian gratitude people london assistance year tree given annually since tree lighting ceremony trafalgar square take place first thursday december attended thousand people ceremony led lord mayor westminster includes band choir followed switching christmas light traditionally tree provides focal point christmas carolling group many london tree accompanying carolling signal countdown christmas since poetry society commissioned new poem annually display banner around base tree schoolchildren also performed one poem lightingup ceremony londongovuk christmas trafalgar square trafalgar square christmas tree twitter