The iconic Christmas tree as seen and adorned across Central London in 2012

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• Christmas trees.  There are so many around Central London I thought it would be fun to collect pictures of them for my final Christmas post.  It was like a mini BT ArtBox hunt but without a map. And I revisited some of the same places.

  They are all public trees and arranged from East London to West London, during the day and at night.

  The first ones are outside Dennis Severs’ house and have no decoration at all which I rather loved.  The house is in Spitalfields in East London and has been preserved as the owner, an artist Dennis Server’s desired, with early 18th Century decor.  And the most adorned tree was unsurprsingly was inside the museum of art and design, V&A, in the West.

  I also noticed places I had previously ignored because a twinkling Christmas tree beckoning me towards it.  Ely Place at Holborn Circus was one where a chapel survives from Edward 1 (13th Century).  And the beautiful Art Nouveau frontage with two inverted trees at One, The Aldwych was another.

  (as always the pictures are best enjoyed in Gallery mode.  Click on anyone to switch)

  

  Dennis Severs’ House, Folgate Street, Spitalfields, East London

  

  St Paul’s Cathedral, London

  

  Somerset House, Aldwych London

  

  Somerset House, Aldwych, London

  

  Savoy Hotel, The Strand, London

  

  Trafalgar Square, London. The Norwegian Spruce is donated each year by the City of Oslo, since 1947

  

  Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London

  

  The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London

  

  St Paul’s Cathedral. This view of the front facade reminds me of The Treasury in Petra, Jordan. Can you spot the tree?

  

  behind St Paul’s Cathedral looking toward The Millennium Bridge

  

  St Paul’s Cathedral

  

  Ely Place, Holborn Circus

  

  off New Fetter Lane, EC4

  

  St Dunstan’s in the West, Fleet Street, EC4

  

  One Aldwych. The beautiful Art Nouveau facade is decorated with two trees suspended upside down.

  

  The Savoy Hotel, The Strand

  

  Covent Garden. This homeless person used the cone to bring us Christmas cheer.

  

  Covent Garden

  

  Covent Garden

  

  Covent Garden

  

  Trafalgar Square

  

  The Houses of Parliament

  

  Duke of York’s Square, off Sloane Street

  

  looking at the shops on Sloane Street.

  

  the subtlest christmas tree in the Madejski garden, V&A museum.

  

  in the Foyer at the V&A museum

  

  outside the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road

  

  ice skating at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road

  

  Christmas music concert inside the Albert Hall, Kensington

  

  Harrods Department store in Knightsbridge brings a touch of Las Vegas to London this Christmas

  

  Harrods, Knightsbridge

  

  A Knightsbridge Hotel, opposite Harvey Nichols.

  

  I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2013.