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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 (AFP) - "O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how pitifully bare are your branches!" Romans on Tuesday (Dec 19) were mourning the untimely death of the Eternal City's tree, ...

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 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.

In 1965, the animated classic A Charlie Brown Christmas honored a sad, skinny, balding Christmas tree, transforming it into a rich symbol of holiday spirit and a totem for underdogs everywhere.The ...

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 — 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 ...