BBC NEWS | England | Wiltshire | Christmas tree too big to put up
The lighting-up ceremony of a Christmas tree in Swindon has had to be postponed after the bigger-than-expected tree broke the base it was being mounted on. Council officials had asked for a 40ft (12m) tree as the centrepiece for the town's "magic roundabout" but a 50ft tall (15m) tree was delivered instead. When contractors tried to lift it on to the specially-made plinth for Monday's switch-on the base fractured. It is believed the extra weight was to blame. The tree had to be taken away.
The lighting-up ceremony of a Christmas tree in Swindon has had to be postponed after the bigger-than-expected tree broke the base it was being mounted on.
Council officials had asked for a 40ft (12m) tree as the centrepiece for the town's "magic roundabout" but a 50ft tall (15m) tree was delivered instead.
When contractors tried to lift it on to the specially-made plinth for Monday's switch-on the base fractured.
It is believed the extra weight was to blame. The tree had to be taken away.
Weep - weep! - for the drivers of Swindon and Wiltshire.
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