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Christmas trees light up around the world from Bethlehem to Vatican City

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The Vatican's giant Christmas tree and nativity scene in St. Peter's Square were illuminated on Dec. 3.

This year's Christmas tree, which will be in place until Jan. 8, 2023, is a majestic white fir that comes from Rosello, a town in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its lighting takes place as part of a tradition started by Pope John Paul II in 1982.

Plus, Bethlehem illuminated a giant Christmas tree outside the city's Church of the Nativity on Saturday.

The Palestinian city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which is the Biblical birthplace of Jesus, was all but closed for the last two Christmas seasons, losing its peak tourist season to the pandemic. However, this year many people gathered to see the giant tree on Manger Square as it was lit up with hundreds of coloured lights as red, white and green fireworks lit up the night sky.

And in New York City, the famous Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was lit on Nov. 30, marking the unofficial start of the holiday season. A 90-year-old, 14-ton Norwegian Spruce was brought 200 miles from upstate New York to Rockefeller Plaza, where it was dressed with 50,000 LED lights, according to CBS news.

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