Rome's sickly official Christmas tree is dropping needles and earning nicknames ranging from "toilet brush" to "baldy." The 70-foot-high tree cost 48,000 euros, or $57,000, to transport from an ...

ROME (CBSMiami) -- Italy's capital city is decked out for the holidays with lights and decorations everywhere. But Rome's official Christmas tree is shedding needles so quickly it has become a ...

ROME — Rome's official Christmas tree is shedding needles so quickly it has become a jolly joke for city residents. The 21-meter- (70-foot-) high tree, which was lit up on Dec. 8, started ...

The 21-metre tall tree, which was lit up on Dec. 8, started dropping needles at a fast clip as soon as it was hoisted into the middle of Rome's bustling main square, Piazza Venezia.

Romans mock city's Christmas tree as 'world's saddest' Sparse 65-foot tree shedding needles in Rome. It’s starting to look like Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree, and Romans aren’t happy about it.

The Christmas tree that Rome's city council erected in the Piazza Venezia on December 8 was declared dead on Monday, with a full week left before Christmas, a spokesperson for the city's ...

Science Explains Why Rome's Sad, Balding Christmas Tree Is Beyond Saving. R.I.P. Spelacchio. by Yasmin Tayag. Dec. 20, 2017. ... Aren’t all Christmas trees, in a way, already dead?

Rome’s official Christmas tree has been compared to a toilet brush after it shed most of its needles within days of being installed in the heart of the city. The gigantic spruce was intended to ...

Rome isn’t the only place where Christmas trees are too stressed out to make it through 2017. The Christmas tree that was put up in the rotunda at the Rhode Island Statehouse in November died on ...

ROME — Rarely have expectations for a tree been so high. For weeks now, Romans have been breathlessly awaiting the presentation of the Italian capital’s official Christmas tree, a year after ...