The tree goes up in Civic Square

johnboy 29 November 2011 29 November 2011 2

christmas tree

Sorry guys, there’s no avoiding it, that’s definitely a giant Christmas tree up in Civic Square.

Currently decorated with tradesmen but that will change.

The official lighting is on 2 December.

UPDATE: Jono has sent in two pics he took yesterday of the tree going up:

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2 Responses to The tree goes up in Civic Square

ex-vectis 7:58 am 30 Nov 11

Are Jono`s pic in the right order? If so, has a fire-storm gone through?

deye 10:32 pm 29 Nov 11

The real question is will those footpath works be finished in time. Could get messy with the crowds.

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