The tree is being decorated with the light switch on at 18:00 on Thursday.
It was planted in about 1929 in a forest near a small lake called Trollvann, which is Norwegian for"the water of the trolls". The spruce weighs about two tonnes and has been encouraged to grow by foresters talking to it and hugging it, Westminster Council said.The Mayor of Oslo Marianne Borgen and Lord Mayor of Westminster Ruth Bush sawed the Trafalgar Square tree in Norway
It was felled on 19 November at a special ceremony attended by the mayors of Oslo and Westminster before being shipped from Brevik to Immingham. The first Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree was 48ft tall and was a thank you from King Haakon VII who was forced to flee Norway and seek sanctuary in Britain with his government as the Nazis invaded his homeland.
Well it is a dead tree. Why cut down a good healthy tree if there is a sick one nearby that can be used.
The way they put the lights on it don't help at all, hanging down in limp strings. And stark white bulbs, they need to be a warm amber glow.
In the end, it's a tree 🎄🎄🎄🍻🍻
Gunman who killed 3 at us Navy base was a Saudi student..... Well, well, you learn something new every day!
I blame brexit 🤥
I think it looks lovely - very natural and am grateful to Norway for sending us the tree ❤️
you cant complain about bad christmas trees till you’ve seen the one at my dance studio
trafalgartree EddieNestorMBE They should send the tree back and say we will only accept a tree when a Norway packs in whaling. 1,278 minke whales in 2019. trafalgartree
This description sums up this ragged country as a whole.
lewiscooke2 it needs your skills 🎄
Thank You NorwayinUK for the incredible tree in Trafalgar Square. I don't live in London but I appreciate the gesture.
This is what we are doing to the environment.
Metaphor.
It's a Tory austerity Christmas tree?
Maybe they decided to donate to the homeless sleeping in that area instead of spending lavish amounts on a pretty tree. Probably not but hopeful
carlaajeda everyone’s a critic 😀
I’m very grateful for the beautiful tree grown, for all those years, and cut down in a special ceremony of dedication to U.K. Thank you people of Norway! It’s a privilege to receive this gift. Xx
That's stone cold for you. Hasn't got a clue.
The tree got mugged on the way to Trafalgar Square.
That's austerity for ya
It's not British idiots
Conservatives Christmas
Sorry but a tree is a tree so this died vegetal must be respected as anaemic one, this tree is existing by his appearance where climate change is reality🤔
Have we become a rude, ungrateful, self-centred nation of brats? Thank you Norway for sending us a kind gift. I can just imagine British children opening their Christmas presents- oh Santa, this computer’s crap! I wanted the bigger one 😢
It will look lovely with lights and ornaments
Nothing wrong with the tree! When it gets a drink and a few decs it'll be grand! I'm just gutted people keep cutting trees, they could transplant and replant with the roots.
Charlie Brown would be proud of you all.
The British moan about everything, Its a tradition. I would be more surprised if they didn't moan and frankly, worried that it was the end of the world.
The tradition aside as the tradition is a beautiful gift to the UK LoveFromTheUK. However, the lack of foliage on the tree resembles the state of the UK... Fractured and is displays the impartiality of the BBC... almost nonexistent.. BBCBias bbcimpartiality GetBorisGone
Such a lack of manners and gratitude for a gift given in recognition of our part in WW2. Its disappointing that moaning about a gift is seen to be acceptable - so much for the famed British manners. 🙄
Twig
Stupid people moaning about the state of the Trafalgar Square ChristmasTree it wouldn’t matter if it was a bare twig, it’s the symbolism that counts.
Perhaps they didn’t send it this year
Stop cutting down trees for silly Xmas decorations
Fir goodness sake! Can’t we just stop whinging and just say ‘Thank You, Norway’
A Norwegian spruce perfectly showing the mood of the EU citizens living here. I know Norway are not in the EU, but they are very friendly and sympathetic people. GetBrexitGone
Apologies from Norway 😬👌 We ♥️ u 🎄
Is this the one donated every year by Norway?
Globle warming
It's free what you whinging about.
Did you have to publisise this. It comes across as being rude and ungrateful.
Guess they’re pissed with Us... 😂
If only trees could eat mince pies. Looks like it needs fattening up with a few dozen boxes!
'Spelacchio' in Rome became very famous in 2017:
Blame it on climate change and Brexit
Professional Trolling by Norway, Well done.. Well Done
Has edgar johnlewis been at it 🐉 🔥
I welcome the gift of a Christmas tree from Norway every year. Thank you
SEND IT BACK !!! 😂😂😂
Maybe the forester over here tries to align to Boris Johnsons hairstyle.
Aw come on! Even if I'm in Colorado and can't climb it, it's lovely!
Don’t tell me its Climate Change
Put Boris on the top Spruce it up a bit
Honestly, the way in which people are this ungrateful is staggering. What on earth has happened to this country when this is how people act.
The origins of the Christmas tree are from when people used to put evergreen boughs in their homes as a symbol of life during winter when most things 'die' back. Putting one outside has no significance whatsoever. Shoulda left it where it was growing. We need trees.
Non story.
I love BBC news
lettienets Nothing wrong with it
Stop having it then..a German idea anyhow..!!!! Let's get back to holly or ivy...or a big bunch of mistletoe.
bit limp isn't it. wont really be much of a Central spectacle at New years eve will it.....
What a sad end for 95 year old tree.
Rather rude to ridicule a gift of such significance. Hardly in the Christmas spirit...
Don’t be rude it’s gift,some trees are better than others ,anyway you will hurt its feelings, be nice it’s Christmas 🎄.
I'll send them my tree
Malnu-tree-tion
Tbf it sums up the state of Britain quite well
The underlying message, perhaps: “Any notions you have of joining the EEA/EFTA post-Brexit, forget them!”
To hell with critics.
Crap picked by who?
It's a gift, UK people have not paid for it. Norway should keep its trees, after such rude comments...
Wtf,kids will not even have a bite to eat or Christmas presents, never mind a tree and yous are all bloody moaning about this gift, get a life.
Surprised the tories haven’t blamed labour for this
Its a gift, it would be rude to be rude about it.
It’s a fucking tree 🙄
Jeremy Corbyn blamed.
It's pissed off Katie Hopkins which cannot be bad.
It represents the many terrorist attack in London that crippled the body of whole community
Labour would have planted our own, had an online vote to choose the best using the free broadband and then transported it for free on the nationalised rail then planted 100,000,000 more of them 😂😂🙄🙄
What a miserable thread of comments. This is a gift given in gratitude every year. Grow up.
It is a bit sad looking.
Be thankful for what we get, it is after all a gift
Seasonal tree from a socialist country?
It's a bit Norway Minus, they're trying to tell us something about Brexit
Every year I noticed it looked worse. Hardly the Rockefella Tree
Maybe ask Trudeau for a Canadian tree!!
Get some sparkle on it your get to love it. It’s free for the many and not the few
It’s a lovely tree and thankyou to the kind lovely Norwegian people. Just pop in a bit of green tinsle where the branches got snagged in transit. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder “. A wonderful gift.
Seems to be a lot of ungrateful people around, it is free not paid for and has been free every year for decades. Accept it graciously and “spruce” it up, it’ll look just fine
Greta must be going mental
Must be cos of Brexit
BBCWorld yes this is on my list of priorities, the scandal of it all.
Quite representative really. Thanks Norway.
And I thought ours in Radcliffe was bad 🙈
Highlighting the threat of tree disease plaguing the very things we are hoping will help to save us.
Can I be the 94,000 contributor to suggest that this is clearly the “Norway - -“ option. PrivateEyeNews
I'm sure it will be revived just like Dundees tree
Actually it's a good representation of the little britain of today.
'Needled'....😂
Brexit Britain....
Well that one was from the bargain counter and past its sell by date
That’s coz it didn’t come from Kielder Forest!
A tree left to grow in the wild for 90 years and is felled just to put on display for a few weeks... Can't anyone see how pointless this is? I'd refuse this somewhat outdated gift from Norway from now on.
I agree, a metaphor
The one in Thornaby Town Centre is a lot better 🎄
I mean it's not like there arnt more pressing issues to sort out. Thank you Norway 🎄
Looks like the perfect backdrop for a Coldwar_Steve creation.
In the present ClimateChangeEmergency NO natural ChristmasTrees should be cut down - especially not a 25 year old tree. We do not need felled trees but kindness, respect, courage & love. StopBrexitSavePeace
You may have more important things to worry about than the appearance of a Christmas tree by this time next week.
Just the comments of saw losers and the barking mad.
All height and no substance kind of sums the state of our country a bit.
It's the Brexit effect 🤭😆
As a Norwegian I'd say it's kind of rude to complain about the looks of this tree every year. The tradition should be stopped on our part. It's related to the war 80 years ago, time to move on. Don't you have forests in the UK?
Hey guys, spare a thought for my feelings. I'm doing my best here.
That’s my ideal weight right there. skinnybitch
Blimey! Is that the best they can do.
Why don't we get one from this country or Scotland
It's a brexit tree lol
It’s a tree x it’s beautiful and was probably very happily growing, sucking up water and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere x I am sure (hopefully ) a replacement was planted x
Tory austerity
I can vision Sadiq Khan picking one out. That will do.
It’s pining for a fuller figure
Very Brexity looking.
Save us TeamTrees
No wonder I don’t recall seeing this IrishJingerOffi TrafalgarSquare TrafalgarSquareChristmasTree 🌲
This Christmas Tree what I bought is dead...
Brexit-effect ... says it all ... England going forward outside of the EU : sparse and anaemic
Emblematic of UK
Represents perfectly the problems caused by climate change
Should never have been chopped down. London now, is not London after the war. It now has a major showing of inhabitants that would like the shops open on Xmas Day & couldn’t give two figs about Jesus, Santa or the reason the tree is given as a gift in the first place
SadiqKhan London! What would one expect from this perplexing MayorofLondon who remains a shame to our nation! Lets oust the balh tweet in 2020! UKParliament Conservatives LibDems theSNP TheBrexitPartly DUPleader UKLabour
MrNickKnowles DIYSOS DiysosBilly chrisandjules comicrelief PlayGrndBuilder UN Palestine_UN PalMissionUK lfpme trafalgartree Cristiano MoSalah A generous friendship gift from Norway. How about we spruce up this sparse play area in Wadi Fukin Palestine Childhoood
It does look crap 🤔
Appears similar to the situation prevailing in the country now after 9 years of austerity. TellingItLikeItIs
Paudie sul mine is not the worst obviously
Suits tory Britain quite nicely then
Dear god , if that was an animal I would take it to the vet and put it out of its suffering.
The up side is that there is a stronger tree still growing in Norway. World would surely be a lot better off if we didn't chop down millions of trees every December and haul them into our front rooms?
It says it all really, people in this country are feeling like it looks, we are all deflated with everything that's gone on and going on Happy Christmas to us all may it soon be over
Says it all...
Surely we could plant a tree in Trafalgar Square, rather than have one cut down each year and transported here?
I am sure it will look fantastic when lit up...people need to be more patient
It's the Russians that done it.....
It's all Boris' fault
Boris would say its labours fault
They had the same tree in Rome and called it Spelacchio. Nice to see it in London.
It does look a bit sad 😟
Spelacchio!!!!!!
Looks a bit like Corbyn’s beard
It's because of Brexit!!!!
Imo it's been shit for the last few years.
Most famous tree?
That does seem a little limp. Still I’m sure someone will chain or glue themselves to it to proclaim the end of cruelty to trees
A gift from the people of Oslo. Have we upset them this year?
Austerity .
Hurt by climate change?
The Norwegians cut down a 90 year old tree!!!!!! GretaThunberg would not be happy about this!
Pretty much sums up the political system as it stands!
The tree looks undernourished a little vegan tree.
Well,I have sen better specimen!
Haha i Thought the tree in Dundee was bad
Specially chosen to represent the past four years of Tory government, and the shambles of Brexit?
Reminds me of Jo Swinsons brain activity.
It's probably a 5G mast in disguise
Well the head of the local council needs his Christmas bonus so perhaps funds were a bit low
Sparse Like a Tory election promise
As many other things were losing the meaning of Christmas. A tree is a tree .... The thought should be about Christmas. I hope we've paid for 100 to be planted in order to take the ace to this one.
Looks like the twigs I recycle, what on Earth is this, Norway always supplied a lovely tree, seems we are no longer in favour
It is a gift from the people of Norway 🇳🇴, you ungrateful swine, I thank the good people of Norway, thank you.
ER we need you! Bring glue.... would make excellent Christmas decorations and would fill it up quite nicely. Colourful clothes desirable.
🤔blame it on climate change 🌎
Fill it up with lights and decorations then !
Brexit to blame?
Britain's most famous Xmas tree is at my house
that’ll be the next reason the desperate hard right/left Brexit xénophobes to hate bloody Johnny foreigner - keeping all the good trees to themselves. Don’t they know who won the war ....
Norwegians do not like us any more. Don't say I blame them
It's a tree, what's the problem? Maybe it's a sign that we've fucked up the world.....
Is there anything left in the world that morons won’t criticise? Truly they dont have enough worries in their sad lives. A generous symbolic gift from our Nordic cousins shouldn’t be derided and what’s more the BS Broadcasting Corp shouldn’t give them air time
Tatty to say the least.
It a sign from Europe ... The entitled British moaning their arses off again!
That probably reflects the Brexit state of affairs in the Country !! Very Apt indeed BrexitShambles
Is this what a “free” tree might look under a Labour Government? Or to be fair this is the Tory austerity tree MerryChristmas
Looks like they sent us a reject this year🤣🤣🤣🤣
Labour would have a million Christmas Trees in Trafalgar Square......so there!
I blame realDonaldTrump ‘s visit
the only place tress like that should be is deep in the soil...
Welcome to Brexit Britain.
A few more black crows perching on this anemic tree would put finishing touch on the mood.
Traditional Tree should be more like the Fir Pine more fuller more foliage more branches that can be trimmed ,looks better all round.
The problem nowadays is that people always expect 'Instagram ' aesthetic perfection in everyone & everything. A tree is a tree is a tree. Get over it and put some tinsel on the bloody thing.
Totally agree . Saw it on Tuesday and thought it was embarrassing. The tree looks like it’s the end of Christmas not the start .
Oslo sent us this tree to remind us that any trade deal with the EU will be sparse after BREXIT.
I assume the Daily Fail will blame Corbyn for this.
Agree looks a mess should be a full pine tree not threadbare
Last year's was shit too.
Not looking it's best 😲
State of this country
Very apt, all things considered
Thay mayor again
Some are just never happy. There are hard times coming post election.
It's just a Christmas tree for christ sake. Get a grip.
Stop cutting down trees for Chri$tma$ and then pointing a finger at land clearing in the Amazon!
Grumpypeet It’s on a vegan diet
Trolls please go to trafalgartree to see what this tree is about.
Wait. The tree has its own Twitter account?
Looks about right given the current state of the country.
I suppose it stops the avalanche of Corbyn news for a little while.
Battle-wearied ..
It is a bit shit!
Spruce it up 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Looks like it needs a big drink, some lights and it’ll be lovely. Some people are so rude 🙄
British people problems
We once had a tree that accidentally got shut in the living room door getting it inside and ended up looking like an apple core... But we still decorated it and became one of the most memorable we ever had. We even have a photo of it in an album somewhere.
I have to agree. Saw it the other day and thought it looked appalling
Austerity tree
I guess Norwegian people don't like the Brits
Another goal from Mr Khan the one in charge of the London destruction SadiqKhan
Analogous to British politics.
Just spruce it up. No need to pine for a better one.
Dress it up and shut up. That tree died for your enjoyment !
Reflects how we all feel about our current choice of leaders and MPs
spelacchio ovunque!
Christmas Tree underwent its own Brexit vote & decided to..leaf. Perhaps change name to Triffid Square & celebrate a horror movie - Britain's most famous Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square ridiculed over 'sparse' & 'anaemic' foliage
They should come see the tree in Chatham High street. That’s bad. Doesn’t even have decorations 😂
How apt. Almost as if it’s a deliberate comment in your body politic....
Is it a metaphor for our post Brexit future!!
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come vision of future if Tories win a majority
Already getting crap before we have even Brexited. Get used to it. Second rate demoted UK
Norway trolling 😅
Let me guess we got this from trump as a 'gift' and probably it's a 'chlorinated' tree. So.. be careful what you vote for.. this or a normal genuine healthy Christmas tree with the Labour with gifts like NHS PS Education and so ; ),
Bit pathetic
10 downing streets tree is no better 😂
Oslo can't like London very much.😂
London's New Year firework display scaled down.
Wonder which party leader is going to blame Brexit 😂
Ahh give it a break, times are hard
Scrooge would abide Prince Andrew needs more teen girls
Corbyn would give us a fir society....
Brexit?
It is me in tree form.
alice_kingsleyx helensull_ they didn’t see our tree before yesterday
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