Photo Gallery Oh, Christmas Tree...
Some early birds already have their Christmas tree.
Kids, don't try this at home: An enormous evergreen arrives per truck at Berlin's Memorial Church.
The tree set-up was supervised by two angels and Santa Claus himself!
Naturally, Berlin's central train station also has a Christmas tree -- but it's plastic! To make up for it, the fake tree is decorated with over 40,000 Swarovski crystals. It is guarded day and night.
This tree adorns the KaDeWe -- the Macy's of Berlin -- which pulls no punches in all things glamor.
This is how it's done: a helicopter transports this tree to the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin.
A festive evergreen in the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin-Mitte.
Grit Gerlauch takes pleasure in decorating this tree for her company, Krebs Glas Lauscha GmbH, which manufactures roughly 2 million glassornaments per year.
The Germans are not the only ones who like to get a head start on the Christmas tree planting. Workers put up this large tree in front of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.
Pimp-Daddy Christmas? This group of American dancers poses for a photo in Bremen. They are part of the "Spirit of Christmas" musical currently touring in Germany.
