Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree and Carols

4th December 2008 - 5th January 2009
Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, WC2N 5DS
Telephone: 020 7983 4813
Every year Trafalgar Square sprouts a wonderfully large Christmas Tree - a gift each year from the people of Norway as a thank you for support and friendship during World War Two - and this is a focus of the Christmas season in central London. Always a superb, giant pine tree, the Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square sports a really wonderful Christmas light display.

Each evening, groups of carol singers joined by passers-by gather around the tree to sing their hearts out with renditions of long established and more modern Christmas carols. Sometimes you can be very lucky and find the choir of nearby St Martin-in-the-Fields church taking the lead.

On Sunday 7th December (subject to confirmation) a dedication service for the crib at St Martin-in-the-Fields takes place and includes a torch-lit procession from the church to the Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square.

The lights on the Christmas Tree will be turned on Thursday 4th December at 6.30pm (subject to confirmation) and the lights then remain on from midday until midnight every day throughout the Christmas season. The ceremony of turning on the lights is preceded by a carol service at St Martin-in-the-Fields. The tree itself remains there, of course, until Twelfth Night - 6th January 2009.

Visiting Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree and Carols London:

Cost: Free
Time: TBC
Age Restrictions: n/a

Nearest Underground Stations:
Charing Cross Tube (4 minutes)
Embankment Tube (7 minutes)

Nearest Hotels: Stay at any Quality Crown Hotel - Kensington, Paddington or Hyde Park - and take the tube to Embankment or Charing Cross for the short walk to Trafalgar Square.

For more information please visit: www.london.gov.uk

Enjoy the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree and modern Carols in central London.

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