Kensington Palace Unveiled Its 25-foot Christmas Tree

Lauren Hubbard
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Kensington Palace Unveiled Its 25-foot Christmas Tree

There's a lot of debate among holiday decorators over when, exactly, Christmas trees should start going up. Some (Americans at least) say that any time after Thanksgiving is fair game, while others insist that the festive season doesn't properly begin until December 1, and still others say that the classic evergreen should only get dressed up closer to the end-of-month holiday. However, the royal family has been weighing in recently, and it's clear which camp they're in.

Today, Historic Royal Palaces, the charitable organization that manages historic British properties like the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace, unveiled Kensington Palace's Christmas tree on social media.

"Rockin' around...[Christmas tree emoji] This morning Kensington Palace's 25ft Christmas tree was installed! Have you got your tree up yet?" they wrote on Twitter, along with a series of pictures of the super-sized conifer as it was being places, as well as the mix of white and silver ornaments and silver bows decorating the branches.

While the palace—which remains the official London residence of Prince William and Kate Middleton despite their relocation to Windsor earlier this year—might be ahead of the curve for some of us, it's not the first royal residence to show off the holiday spirit this season.

On November 24, the Royal Collection Trust (another charitable organization which maintains royal locations like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle) shared a photo of the 20-foot fir tree in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle, revealing that this year's decorations include 3,000 lights, iridescent ornaments, and purple ribbons. They also later shared a video of another tree in the Crimson Drawing Room at Windsor, both of which will be on display to visitors until January 2, 2023.

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