Christmas tree for Prague’s Old Town Square felled

An enormous Christmas tree that will adorn Prague’s Old Town Square over the holiday season was cut down by the village of Rataje nad Sázavou in central Bohemia on Sunday. The 24-metre pine, believed to be about 80 years old, was felled by two-time Czech chainsaw champion Jiří Vorlíček, a native of Rataje nad Sázavou, in front of a crowd of around 200 people. After a complicated journey to the capital, the tree will be erected on Tuesday and ceremonially unveiled on Saturday.