As I went out for my last few Christmas shopping I thought about (I seem to think of Venice while I'm doing about everything ) I wondered if the Venetians put up Christmas trees in their homes and if they do, are they Christmas tree lots like here in the States...and then if so, how do they carry them home? One person at each end?

Does anyone know? I'm curious about everything Venice!

Here's a link to a picture of the tallest glass Christmas tree in the world -- in Murano, of course:
http://www.simonecenedese.it/en/index.php

And here's an interesting article that includes informatin about carrying trees home in Venice:
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/venice/re_christmas.htm

Ooops. For that glass tree, click on the white box in the first window (below the colorful glass flowers) then click on the "photo evento" box at the bottom of the window that opens.

The Murano glass Christmas tree is actually set up in Campo San Stefano in Venice itself. It is then supposed to be moved to Murano, and the creator hopes to sell it eventually for an incredible amount of money.

There are various links to images in this thread:

http://slowtalk.com/groupee/forums/a...142#8771058142

Thank you Eloise for the link. It was very nice to see it this evening!
Merry Christmas!

Thank you everybody for finding those articles and that picture of the Murano Christmas tree.

I just can't get enough of Venice...Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco, but I left mine in Venice! -

Merry Christmas everyone!