GUBBIO LIGHTS UP WORLD'S GREATEST XMAS TREE
One of Italy's most evocative Christmas rituals is the lighting up ceremony of the gigantic Christmas Tree that stretches 800m up the side of Mt. Ingino at the historic town of Gubbio (Umbria).
This ritual takes place every 7th December on the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in front of crowds of people who have flocked from all over to admire the sight of “The World's Biggest Christmas Tree “ (according to the Guinness Book of Records 1991). The tree form is outlined by eight hundred lights that sparkle on the flank of the nearby Mt. Ingino, which is crowned with the shrine of St. Ubaldo, a peace-loving 12th century holy man and the town's patron saint and protector. Every year, a leading figure from the Church, or a representative of a charity organization, the civil defence corps, a sports or cinema personality or a local political figure is invited to turn on the lights, which will illuminate the hillside every night until the second Sunday of January of the New Year.
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