December may only just have started, but Brazil is already more than ready for Christmas!
On Saturday, the capital city of Rio de Janeiro became home to the world’s largest Christmas tree on water! Located on Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, the giant Christmas tree was lit ceremoniously with a firework show and Christmas themed performances!
It began with a six minute long firework show after which the lights on the tree — approximately 3.1 million! — changed colours to celebrate all the four seasons. The light show was followed by a performance of Tchaikovsky’s THE NUTCRACKER and a variation of THE WIZARD OF OZ in which Dorothy and the Wizard take a Christmas tour of the world.
Guinness has officially deemed this the largest Christmas tree on water ever. It stands tall at 85 metres (that’s over 200 feet talll!) and weighs 542 tonnes.
Check out some amazing photos of the tree below:
(Photo credits: top: Felipe Dana; middle two: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images; last: Silvia Izquierdo)