Photo Gallery Oh Christmas Tree
Christmas tree prices are going up in Germany as a result of increased demand from the export market and thousands of hectares of tree plantation being given over to more lucrative biofuels. But at least these lucky shoppers in Freiburg managed to afford a tree.
At least cash-strapped Berlin didn't have to worry about buying a tree -- this strapping specimen in front of the German capital's iconic Brandenburg Gate was a present from the Norwegian town of Frogen.
Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, got a tree from the Black Forest, however. The eight-meter high tree is lending a little Christmas cheer to the Chancellery in Berlin.
Another famous German, Pope Benedict XVI, enjoys the view of a Christmas tree from his apartment window in the Vatican.
Elsewhere in Rome, a worker from Krakow in Poland decorates a Christmas tree in front of the Colosseum.
The tree in London's Trafalgar Square has been a gift from the people of Norway since 1947.
On the other side of the Atlantic, the Rockefeller Center in New York has a massive 84-foot tree.
This tree in front of the White House in Washington D.C. is decorated with energy-saving LED lights.
One of the reasons Christmas trees are getting more expensive in Germany is because of growing demand in China. Here a man watches fireworks beside a Christmas tree outside a Beijing store.
Elsewhere in Asia, this Singapore mall has a massive tree ...
... while few Christmas decorations are quite as bright as this tree in Seoul, South Korea.
