The Vatican just installed its 2020 Christmas Tree. It is a spruce tree and came from town of Kočevje, Slovenia, which is in the region of Kočevsko where 90% of the area is covered by trees.
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The tree is placed in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. The tree came from an area of forest that is protected and sustainable.
The Archbishoip of Maribor in Slovenia was on hand and indicated that the region from which the tree came was the site of many Christian martyrs persecuted under communism.
Along with the tree, the Vatican received ceramic figures for the Nativity scene which came from a region in Italy called Castelli, which is in Abruzzo.
The tree itself weighs seven tons, stands 30 meters (or about 100 feet) tall and is 75 years old. It was planted right after the end of World War II.
The tree will remain in St. Peter's Square until January 10, 2021.
Last year in 2019, the Vatican received its 85-foot tree from the Veneto region of Northern Italy
In 2018, the tree came from Friuli Venezia Giulia, more specifically, from Pordenone in Italy, weighed 4.5 tons and was 23 meters tall.
In 2017, the Vatican got its 28-meter high red fir Christmas Tree from Elk, in North-Eastern Poland.
In 2016, the Christmas tree came from the Dolomites, a mountain range in northeastern Italy, and was 82-feet tall.
In 2015, the tree came from Bavaria
In 2014, the 25-meter white spruce Christmas tree came from Catanzaro region of Italy
In 2013, during Pope Francis's first year as Pope, the chosen tree was 25 meters tall and came from Bavaria.
In 2012, during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican Christmas Tree came from Pescopennataro, a small town in the Italian region of Isernia
The first year that the Vatican had a giant Christmas tree was in 1982 and started with Pope John Paul II.
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