{"id":40294,"date":"2020-11-20T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=40294"},"modified":"2020-11-20T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:57:33","slug":"from-norway-with-love-trafalgar-squares-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/from-norway-with-love-trafalgar-squares-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"From Norway with Love: Trafalgar Square&#8217;s Christmas tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The London festival may change a lot for the Christmas season due to the Covid 19 lockdown restrictions and the social distancing rules in aiming to slow down the increase of Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40545 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Christmass-tree-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Christmass-tree-1-1.jpeg 777w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Christmass-tree-1-1-146x300.jpeg 146w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Christmass-tree-1-1-497x1024.jpeg 497w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Christmass-tree-1-1-768x1581.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Christmass-tree-1-1-746x1536.jpeg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the last 70 years, the city of Oslo used to send a giant Norwegian fair every December to London in appreciating The United Kingdom&#8217;s support during World War Two and this tradition will carry on as normal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tree has just been sent on a 1000-mile trip from Norway to London as a symbol of enduring friendship and international co-operation between the UK and Norway, once the tree arrives it will be decorated with lights and ready for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Lord Mayor of Westminster Jonathan Glanz, previously would travel annually to Norway for the ceremony, but he wasn\u2019t able to attend due to the Covid-19 flying restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40296\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-20-at-15.22.18-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-20-at-15.22.18-1.png 1216w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-20-at-15.22.18-1-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-20-at-15.22.18-1-1024x881.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-20-at-15.22.18-1-768x661.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/>The Christmas tree will be around the corner from the Oxford Circus lights that was installed on the 14th November.<\/p>\n<p>They will be screened on the 3ed of December at 18:00 via YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words and Image: Mohammed Salem | Subbing: Tadhg Ormond<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London festival may change a lot for the Christmas season due to the Covid 19 lockdown restrictions and the social distancing rules in aiming to slow down the increase of Covid-19 cases. &nbsp; 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