For Christian Catholics around the world, Advent has begun - the four weeks of waiting leading up to Christmas. On the streets and squares these days, Christmas markets begin to work, Santa Clauses appear, and the townspeople decorate Christmas trees. According to tradition, one of the first Christmas trees appears at the Basilica of the Nativity of Christ in Bethlehem - the city where the Savior of the world was born. On the night from December 2 to December 3, the Bethlehem spruce lit up with hundreds of lights, gathering many local Christians and guests of the city on the square in front of the temple. The day before, the ceremony of lighting the largest Christmas tree on the planet was held in Japan, in the city of Kobe. According to the MIR TV channel, in the presence of a large crowd of people, the thirty-meter tree was lit up with many garlands and lanterns. For the Japanese Catholics, together in the magic of Christmas, this event was filled with the traditional sense of this country's unity with nature. It is interesting that for the role of the tree-record holder the Japanese chose not the well-known spruce, but the tuevik, which grows in this country. The tree-contender for the current record was found four years ago: its weight is 24 tons, and its age is 150 years. Christmas trees have already been decorated in the offices of European politicians. In the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the fir tree was decorated with garlands and golden stars.
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