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THE CHRISTMAS tree that will occupy the main courtyard of the Elysée palace this winter has completed its environmentally friendly journey to Paris by water.
The two-tonne €5,000 tree is a joint gift by the French horticulture association Val'Hor and the organisation representing France's inland waterways.
The two organisations have also paid half of the €4,000 bill for decorating the tree - a task given to a small French business called E Green Decor. The rest of the decoration bill is being
paid by the Elysée.
The tree comes from Auxerre and made the 210km journey to the French capital by barge. A metre-square block of concrete will hold the tree in place to make sure it does not tilt to the left
or the right.
