Norwegian Tree Lighting

Thursday night was the annual Norwegian Tree Lighting ceremony in Trafalgar Square! A couple of us went right after class to see what it was all about and it was pretty cool. Since it was my first large-scale tree lighting, I was definitely excited. They are all about their ceremonies here in London, though, so it was a little longer than it probably would have been in America!

The tree pre-lighting. You can see Big Ben on the left hand side, Nelson's Column closer to the tree and then the 90-foot tree from the forests of Oslo, Norway. Ever since 1947, the people of Norway have given a tree to the people of Britain to thank Britain for supporting Norway during the Second World War.The chorus singing Christmas carols. There was also a band that played at the festivities.

Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, telling the history of the tree lighting ceremony. The mayor of Oslo was also present and was the one who actually lit the tree.

And it's lit! It is always lit with white lights and is topped with a star.

Todd and I had gotten as close to front-row viewing as possible!

Then, later that night, there was a CAPA Christmas party that the people who live in our flat complex put on.

Me, Joey and Mary Kate outside of the flats.

Our last traditional Thursday night - 2 for 1's at Bar Room Bar!
Andrea, Mary Kate, me, Sarah and Erica!