Santa Claus left Lapland
Many countries have long abandoned live trees and prefer New Year installations made of plastic, metal, or even paper. Only the "official" trees – like in Washington at the White House or in Paris at the presidential residence – are still real. RFI selected the most beautiful and unusual New Year trees.
Republican guards and the New Year tree at the main entrance of the Élysée Palace in Paris
New Year tree under the dome of the Galeries Lafayette department store – the most original in Paris
New Year landscape with artificial snow at the Monte Carlo Casino
In Spanish Monterrey, a tree was built from plastic chairs
Classic tree at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai
Purple giant tree at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris