Vatican Christmas tree early for jubilee

Friday, November 20th, 2015

The Vatican’s Christmas tree will be unveiled early this year in order to coincide with the jubilee Year of Mercy.

The 32-metre spruce tree from Bavaria was erected on November 18 in St Peter’s Square.

It will be unveiled on December 8, a date when world attention will be on Rome at the start of the jubilee.

The tree’s lights will be illuminated on December 18.

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