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Rio de Janeiro, Dec 14 (EFE). Rio de Janeiro lit again this year the lights of its traditional floating Christmas tree, the largest of its kind in the world, on Saturday with a firecracker show. (Camera: JANAINA QUINET)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FLOATING CHRISTMAS TREE IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
Rio de Janeiro kicks off the Brazilian Christmas season lighting up what is hailed as the world's largest floating tree. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
The German city of Dortmund hosts the "World's largest Christmas tree" -- according to the organisers of the city of Dortmund. Elly Park reports.
It's that time of year again. The lights on the world's largest Christmas tree flickered on for the first time on Monday as Dortmund's Christmas market was opened to the public. That's right, the world's largest Christmas tree can be found in Dortmund, Germany. Standing at a whopping 45 meters, or 147 feet tall, Dortmund's tree is not actually a single tree. In fact, the gigantic tree is build by a construction company out of 1,700 other fir trees and weighs a combined 40 tons.
People gather for the annual lighting of the traditional Nativity scene and the Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. IMAGES