The holiday season is a time for hanging lights, sipping warm beverages, and doing anything to stay cozy as the winter months bring that biting chill to your doorstep. One magical tradition to maintain cheer and battle seasonal depression is setting up a Christmas tree for all to see. Some people take this celebratory symbol extremely seriously and spend the rest of the year hunting for the biggest Christmas tree in the world to show their yuletide spirit. In case you’re wondering, the tallest cut Christmas tree in the world was a 221-foot Douglas Fir that was erected at the Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Wash., in 1950. To put this in perspective, the most recent "tallest tree in the U.S." out of Enid, Oklahoma, stood at 140 feet tall. Where is the world’s tallest Christmas tree today? If you’re across the pond between now and January and in need of a massive dose of holiday cheer, look no further than Dortmund, Germany. This small town consistently presents the “King Kong” of Christmas trees. The typical tree weighs in the neighborhood of 44 tons and tops out around a staggering 150 feet tall. It takes 4 weeks to decorate, is coated in 48,000 lights, and forms the centerpiece of Dortmund’s Christmas Market, which draws thousands of tourists to the small Germany city.
