The Lisbon Christmas tree is an

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erected annually in Lisbon,

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since 2004. From 2005, when it was an entrant in the

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, the tree is called ''Europe's tallest Christmas tree''. The height of the tree varies every year and it was the highest in 2007 at . The tree was erected for the first time in Lisbon in 2004 in the Comercio Square. In 2007 it left the Portuguese capital for

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the country’s second largest city. In 2008 it returned to Lisbon but to the Edward VII Park. In 2007, the Lisbon Christmas tree and the Christmas tree in

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, both at 76 metres high, competed for the title of the tallest Christmas tree in Europe. The Lisbon Christmas Tree kept its title as no Christmas tree was erected in Bucharest in 2009.

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