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Added on the 02/01/2023 07:00:33 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Rome's annual Christmas tree looks a bit bare this year, and locals have noticed. Municipal authorities spent an eye-watering €48,000, or about $56,700 on the Christmas tree, which citizens have compared to a toilet brush. The word 'spelacchio,' meaning 'mangy' in Italian, has been trending on Twitter, as people across the country voice their opinions.
This Christmas tradition would even give the Grinch the chills! A half goat and half demon being called the Krampus was out and about at the Munich Christmas markets on Sunday, making sure all the girls and boys have been good this year. The tradition comes from folk legends originating in the eastern Alps, where Krampus is portrayed as a beast that punishes misbehaving children. The procession, known as the 'Krampus Run', is an annual event where some attendees wearing spooky Krampus suits make their way through crowds, occasionally picking out individuals and ‘beating’ them.
A Nevada goat farmer partners up with a local fire department to 'recycle' discarded Christmas trees. Mana Rabiee reports.
Activists from the French environmental group Derniere Renovation spray orange paint at the foot of the giant Christmas tree at Strasbourg's Christmas market to highlight climate inaction as COP28 gets underway in Dubai. IMAGES
The Vatican puts up a 27-metre-high silver fir tree in the centre of St Peter's Square. The tree, which weighs 6.5 tonnes, comes from a forest in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. IMAGES
A Christmas tree in Brussels's 16th century Grand Place is illuminated for the season's festivities in front of hundreds of spectators with a sound and light show. IMAGES
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