The Laboratory

Thanks to Adam's Dad for his suggestion of covering the Christmas Trees that have been in the news this year. In London yesterday Sarah posed with the derided Norwegian gift in Trafalgar Square.  It is a bit lopsided and bare but it's the thought that counts. It's very good of the Norwegians to keep thanking us for looking after King Haakon VII in the Second World War. In contrast and to cheer you up, here's Sarah looking happier in 2019 (weren't we all) with the tree that year:

It's the first Saturday in December, and so it's time for the Creens to put up their Christmas tree. This year we had been keeping him in the back garden in preparation, so now he's covered in snow and we'll have to  dry him off a bit before decorating him. Yesterday we went to London and saw the Norwegian tree in Trafalgar Square: The 20-metre tree was selected from a forest near Oslo in November and was then shipped across the North Sea. It has been decorated in a traditional Norwegian style with 500 white lights using halogen bulbs. They will be lit each day until Tuesday 5 January 2011, after which the tree will be recycled. So that Sweden doesn't feel left out of the Scandinavian round-up, we'll tell you about a concert at the Wigmore Hall later this month: It sounds just that bit nicer than the usual tat concerts at the Royal Albert Hall that we normally end up mentioning here. And free gingerbread? We'll get booking now! The Tate Brita...