I Should Have Posted This Before Christmas,

but I have only just seen,

according to the Guinness Book Of Records, the world's largest Christmas tree, photograph by Vito Panzella/CC by 2.0, for nearly three decades, Gubbio, a small medieval town at the foot of Mount Ingino in Italy’s Umbria region, has held this record,

in 1981, the 750-meter Christmas tree spread over the slope of Mount Ingino was lit up for the first time. Every year since, on the 7th of December (the Eve of the Immaculate Conception), the over 700 giant lights that make up the tree are turned on, and they remain active throughout the holiday season, until the day of Epiphany, on 6th January,

making sure that the world’s largest Christmas is ready for its yearly spectacle is no small feet, but luckily, a group of local volunteers called the “Alberaioli” make sure the cables and thousands of lights are in working order, this year, they had to check a total of more than 8.5 kilometers of cables, and over 3,000 lights, with a power of 35 kW. the bright star at the top of the tree alone contains 1,350 lights, and there was me thinking the family down the road had a big Christmas tree display!