Brazilians flock to giant Xmas tree

Thousands flock to a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro to watch the world's largest floating Christmas tree light up. Despite the rain, some 100,000 people flocked around the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon on Saturday (November 29) night to watch the fireworks show which has become one of the city's main tourist attractions over the past decade. More than a million people are expected to view the structure before the lights are turned off on January 6. Around 1,200 workers were hired to assemble the tree, constructed every year by Brazil's largest insurance company. The tree is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest floating Christmas tree. In comparison, the Christmas tree in New York's Rockefeller Center is 22 meters tall and has 30,000 lights, although it is a real Norwegian spruce.

2008-12-01T08:12:43+00:00
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