Up until a few years back my sister was the one responsible for getting the tree from Norway to London as she works really high at the shipping company that brings the trees over. They also used to send one to my home town of Grimsby until a few people questioned the quality of one sent over one year and the Norwegians took offence and basically went ‘well you can get fucked then’, it was perfectly fine it was just Grimsby residents being twats for the sake of it as normal, and since then they haven’t sent one to Grimsby. No idea if it’s still the same company that brings them over as she moved departments.
I recall the tree last year, I thought the tree itself looked nice. The only issue I saw was how it was lit. It had vertical strips of white light that sat below the outer “surface” of the tree and looked unflattering.
I never have a problem with the tree. It’s more the lack of effort that is put to hang some decent lights on it. They always look like it was done by someone who couldn’t be bothered and just flung them over.
I actually think it looks very good this year. I remember one a few years ago looked threadbare but that was certainly an outlier
I always complained about how the lights were simply hung in straight lines from the top rather than anything nicer. Only a couple of years ago did I learn this is a traditional Norwegian decorating style. Oops.
Waiting for Colin from Portsmouth to call
why not stick it in Parliament Square where it would look a bit more impressive. Trafalgar Square is just too big a space and minimizes the tree.
Personally I’m rather touched that this entire operation happens at all because it’s fucking expensive all-round, a shit-ton of effort and anyone moaning about it should be packed off to a winter of community service tending graveyards and memorials.
What’s wrong with it this year?
The barriers have been placed sensibly to avoid any injuries in case the tree topples over during installation and then explodes.
My only issue with the tree is the sorry lighting and that they don’t even cover the anti-drunk-idiot-vandal-selfie barrier with some red fabric or something – which is hardly Norway’s fault.
Four years till the next Christmas, let’s all enjoy it while it’s here. Merry Christmas everyone!
On a recent The Rest Is Politics podcast, Alastair Campbell said he’d recently been to Norway and the people he met there say it was a really big embarrassment for Norwegians last year, and they are putting extra effort this year into getting a tree that looks nice and will hopefully resist damage in transport.
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People forget these are genuine trees
Not super bred Disney Christmas trees
The Metro newspaper saying people mock Norway’s annual tree gift is irritating clickbait peddled by morons.
They’ve already started… https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/trafalgar-square-christmas-tree-norway-westminster-b1197638.html
(For the record, it’s a beautiful tree)
Up until a few years back my sister was the one responsible for getting the tree from Norway to London as she works really high at the shipping company that brings the trees over. They also used to send one to my home town of Grimsby until a few people questioned the quality of one sent over one year and the Norwegians took offence and basically went ‘well you can get fucked then’, it was perfectly fine it was just Grimsby residents being twats for the sake of it as normal, and since then they haven’t sent one to Grimsby. No idea if it’s still the same company that brings them over as she moved departments.
I recall the tree last year, I thought the tree itself looked nice. The only issue I saw was how it was lit. It had vertical strips of white light that sat below the outer “surface” of the tree and looked unflattering.
I never have a problem with the tree. It’s more the lack of effort that is put to hang some decent lights on it. They always look like it was done by someone who couldn’t be bothered and just flung them over.
I actually think it looks very good this year. I remember one a few years ago looked threadbare but that was certainly an outlier
I always complained about how the lights were simply hung in straight lines from the top rather than anything nicer. Only a couple of years ago did I learn this is a traditional Norwegian decorating style. Oops.
Waiting for Colin from Portsmouth to call
why not stick it in Parliament Square where it would look a bit more impressive. Trafalgar Square is just too big a space and minimizes the tree.
Personally I’m rather touched that this entire operation happens at all because it’s fucking expensive all-round, a shit-ton of effort and anyone moaning about it should be packed off to a winter of community service tending graveyards and memorials.
What’s wrong with it this year?
The barriers have been placed sensibly to avoid any injuries in case the tree topples over during installation and then explodes.
My only issue with the tree is the sorry lighting and that they don’t even cover the anti-drunk-idiot-vandal-selfie barrier with some red fabric or something – which is hardly Norway’s fault.
Four years till the next Christmas, let’s all enjoy it while it’s here. Merry Christmas everyone!
On a recent The Rest Is Politics podcast, Alastair Campbell said he’d recently been to Norway and the people he met there say it was a really big embarrassment for Norwegians last year, and they are putting extra effort this year into getting a tree that looks nice and will hopefully resist damage in transport.
So hopefully should be good.
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