Norway's 'threadbare' Christmas tree gift underwhelms some in Britain

LONDON - Norway's annual Christmas tree gift to London provoked unseasonably abrupt responses on Thursday (Dec 2), including demands that the 24 metres Norwegian spruce be replaced, after it appeared to be less than symmetrical with some broken branches. Every year, a tree is felled outside Oslo and sent to London's Trafalgar Square as an offering of thanks from Norwegians...

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