On December 24th, 2010, Russia’s tallest New Year tree was installed in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisey River.
Its height is 46 m. Decorated with 5000 toys, 6000 light-emitting diodes, and 48 garlands.
The tree had been erecting (constructing) for two months, since October 20th, 2010.
To see the New Year tree in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, via the live webcam is possible on this website 2011.webra.tv. It will work till December 31th, 2010.
Historically, Russians call such a tree as the New Year tree. So if apply the phrase “the Christmas tree”, it would be incorrect and Russians would be urged to prompt you to say the tree name in the right way.
In Russia Christmas is celebrated according to the Orthodox church calendar, i.e. on January 7th.
As Christmas became an official national holiday, Russian tend to have long time off right after the celebration of the New Year. This time we are going to rest from work till January 10th, 2011.
So, please, don’t be surprised, when you’ll find out the announcement on the door of the Russian Consular Devision in your country saying that it will resume its work on January 11th only.
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