Gifford is about 20 miles from Scotland's captital city, Edinburgh. Every year Norway sends a Christmas tree to Edinburgh and it is set up on "The Mound," a hill in the centre of the city, near to Edinburgh Castle. The tree is sent by Norway as a thank you for the support Scotland gave during the Second World War. This is the 24th year Edinburgh has received the gift. The tree has always come from the Norwegian region of Hordaland. This year the tree came from an area of Scotland called Peebles, although Norway still paid for the tree. This was to reduce the carbon footprint of the tree. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh (a Scottish mayor) said: "This year Edinburgh will be having a green Christmas, so our friends in Hordaland are sourcing our famous Christmas gift locally." The tree has 1,800 lights on it. It looks lovely, doesn't it? A lot of our children will be going to Edinburgh to see the Christmas lights so they will be able to see the tree too.
Mr Devereux
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Yes, we have actually talked about this in class a while ago. Some of the pupils were aware that we have been sending you a Christmas tree for many years, but others learned something new that day! I must say it looks fantastic, doesn't it? Is that the Castle you see in the background?
We are getting ready to set up our own tree in the school yard tomorrow. I'm pretty sure that it won't have 1800 lights, but it will glow anyhow! I'll try to snap a few pictures of it tomorrow to let you have a look at it.
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