Italian Town Wired Up for World’s Largest Christmas Tree Display


The larger-than-life display rises nearly a half mile up the slopes of Mount Ingino outside of Gubbio, in Italy's Umbria region.

Trumpets will sound Tuesday evening in Gubbio on the Eve of the Immaculate Conception, as the world’s largest Christmas tree display once again comes to life.

The towering display lights up an entire mountainside just outside the medieval Italian town; it’s 2,100 feet tall and more than 1,000 feet wide.

Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis flipped the switch in past years, and in 2017, there was a remote lighting from space, with the help of the European and Italian Space agencies.

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The tree display, with its hundreds of gleaming lights, shines throughout the holiday season — until the Day of Epiphany on Jan. 6.

For decades, the Guinness Book of World Records has declared it the biggest Christmas tree display on the planet.

Fireworks, good spirits and holiday music will fill the air this week to kick off the larger-than-life celebration.

A night view of Gubbio, illuminated by Christmas decorations. 

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