An Australian Christmas Tree

Take a quick peak at how they do it in Australia where in the city of Geelong they float their tree out to the harbor and light it up.

“The Christmas tree symbolises everything wonderful about this time of year.”

Santa appeared briefly beside the Mayor but it was all about the tree anchored out in the water, on a barge, for the second year in a row. That’s what the people had come to see.

The Christmas tree has added features in its second year with a new soundtrack and smoke effects.

It started with Michael Buble’s It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas gave way to Rocking Around the Christmas tree and smoke swirled around the tree and lights splayed out.

Youngster Harry McLean, 7, won a competition to assist the mayor in the official switching on duties