Christmas Tree Photos: The Most Spectacular Christmas Trees Around The World
As an $11 million, gold-laden tree in the United Arab Emirates vaults into the record books, The Daily Beast offers a photo guide to the world's most decadent holiday offerings—from the Obamas' White House to Westminster Abbey and Rockefeller Center.
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Fireworks light up the sky above a Christmas tree during a lighting ceremony at Cathedral Square on Dec. 11
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President Obama and his family attend the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, on Dec. 9.
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A Christmas tree on Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral in the background on Dec. 2
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A 50-foot-tall Christmas tree made of lobster traps on Beals Island, seen Dec. 2.
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Choristers of Westminster Abbey stand as a 25-foot Christmas tree is illuminated on the North Green on Dec. 6.
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Two men look at a Christmas tree decked out with $11 million worth of gold, at the Emirates Palace hotel, on Dec. 16. The hotel's general manager, Hans Olbertz, was quoted in local newspapers as saying the 43-foot faux fir has 131 ornaments that include gold and precious stones, including diamonds and sapphires. The $11 million symbol of the season has become the latest extravagance at the Emirates Palace hotel, which boasts its own marina, heliport, and a vending machine that pops out small gold bars.
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A Christmas tree lighting ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 17.
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit on Nov. 30. Originally from Mahopac, New York, the 12-ton, 74-foot Norway spruce is adorned with 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on more than five miles of electrical wire, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
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A giant Christmas tree stands in the center dome of Galeries Lafayette department store on Dec. 19.
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A lit Christmas tree made of 5,480 recycled bottles, made by Israeli industrial designer Hadas Itzcovitch and her father, artist Ernest Itzcovitch, on Dec. 13.
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The official White House Christmas tree is seen in the Blue Room on Dec. 1. The theme for the White House Christmas 2010 is "Simple Gifts."
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A Christmas tree in Piazza dei Signori at the Verona Christmas Market on Dec. 4.
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