The 20 Coolest Christmas Trees of 2012

The people of Brussels, the capital of Belgium, may well think that they have the coolest Christmas tree of 2012.  This abstract light installation has somewhat usurped tradition, as a 65ft pine tree from the forests of the Ardennes usually takes pride of place in the city's central square, the Grand Place.  Of course, depending on taste you may hate this seasonal replacement, which many Belgians have dubbed The Pharmacy because of the resemblance it bears to the green cross outside chemists the world over.

Image Credit Flickr User Tahwei

Image Credit Flickr User Simon Aughton

Yet is it truly the coolest Christmas tree of 2012? We have scoured the globe for trees, from the traditional to the ultra-modern which might compete against the Brussels tree if there were a Coolest Christmas tree competition. See what you think of our yuletide discoveries.

Singapore

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Washington DC, USA

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Montrouge, Paris, France

Image Credit Flickr User True UltRaNol

King's Road, London, England

Image Credit Flickr User Bex Walton

The Alamo, Texas, USA

Image Credit Flickr User thebrit2

Madrid, Spain

Image Credit Flickr User Jacilluch

Columbia, Missouri, USA

Image Credit Flickr User Alina Rogers

Taichung, Taiwan

Image Credit Flickr User AngloItalian FollowUs

Las Vegas, USA

Image Credit Flickr User Matt McGee

Rome, Italy

Image Credit Flickr User roamingweb

Covent Garden, London, England

Image Credit Flickr User Andrew Havis

Honeysuckle, New South Wales, Australia

Image Credit Flickr UserHoneysuckle Alive

Long Beach, California, USA

Image Credit Flickr User terrellcwoods

Moncalieri, Italy

Image Credit Flickr User Marit and Toomas Hinnosaar

Navy Pier, Chicago, USA

Image Credit Flickr User baconflavor

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Image Credit Flickr User Fake Plastic Breno

Brussels, Belgium

Image Credit Flickr User Simon Aughton

Metropolitan Museum of the Arts, New York City, USA

Image Credit Flickr User Asterix611

...and finally...

Halifax, England

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Have we neglected your own coolest Christmas tree of 2012? Then let us know – send us an email with a picture of your tree please! We will be quite happy to post it up too!


First Image Credit Flickr User  Novae

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