Dresden/DUR/slo – The Christmas market on Dresden’s Neumarkt is one of the highlights during Advent in the Saxon state capital. With the Frauenkirche in the background, the Christmas stands attract large numbers of visitors every year during the Advent season. However, they shouldn’t look too closely this year.
Because this year the organizers of the Advent on the Neumarkt opted for a “light spruce”. The tree is decidedly bare, it doesn’t compare to the otherwise gorgeous Christmas trees anywhere. And this causes a lot of ridicule on the Internet.
The memories of Frank Schöbel’s “We have a Christmas tree” became loud, some only saw firewood, others wanted to “drink” the tree. The media talked about the “ugliest Christmas tree in Germany”.
The embarrassing Christmas tree in Dresden has a serious background
In Dresden, memories of the so-called “shameful spruce” awaken. In 2012, the city made a total mistake in choosing the tree for the Striezelmarkt. The tree, which at the time grew equally sparsely with partly yellow needles, became a real political problem in the city. From the following year, the city then let the citizens choose the Striezelmarkt tree.
The current tree on the Neumarkt is a “representation of how it looks in Saxon forests”, he quotes Saxon newspaper the organizers of the Christmas market. However, a conscious decision was made to take regional trees and support the Sachsenforst.
After all: The tree should be lightly enriched with additional branches and Moravian stars.
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